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  1. Gossip: Choudhury and Souttar to leave Foxes?published at 11:03 BST 27 August

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    Derby County have submitted a bid to Leicester City for Bangladesh international Hamza Choudhury with the Foxes keen to offload the 28-year-old midfielder from their wage bill. (Leicester Mercury), external

    Wrexham are in talks with Leicester City to sign Australian centre-back Harry Souttar. The 27-year-old has been linked with a move to a number of clubs including Sheffield United, who are said to be put off by the £10m asking price. (Sky Sports), external

    For more EFL transfer news and rumours, read Thursday's full gossip column here.

  2. 🎧Outfield players in goal & problems for Leicesterpublished at 16:06 BST 26 August

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    Outfield players in goal & problems for Leicester

    Aaron Paul and Jobi McAnuff are joined by Tranmere Rovers boss Darrell Clarke to discuss the big stories in the EFL in the latest episode of the 72+ podcast.

    Clarke explains how his defender Bobby Faulkner ended up in goal against Port Vale on Saturday and the panel discuss Bobby Kamwa's Emmanuel Adebayor-esque celebration against his former club Newport County.

    Millwall, Charlton Athletic and West Bromwich Albion are the early pace-setters in the Championship, while Leicester City are already struggling in League One, but will boss Russell Martin be given the time to turn it around?

    Listen to the full episode above or on BBC Sounds here - and don't forget to subscribe to the brand new 72+ channel to get each episode into your My Sounds feed.

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  3. Foxes display at Ipswich sets standards - Chaplinpublished at 15:30 BST 26 August

    Conor Chaplin shouts instructions out and points with his left arm during a game for Leicester City. He is wearing a claret coloured away shirt.Image source, Shutterstock

    Leicester City midfielder Conor Chaplin said there are "loads" of positive things the club can take from their Carabao Cup second round defeat by Premier League Ipswich Town.

    Chaplin, a summer signing from the Tractor Boys where he won promotion three times in five seasons, made his Foxes debut in Tuesday's tie at Portman Road.

    Despite Leicester's 3-1 loss, Chaplin said they should not be too down after having 57% of possession and 22 shots against the top-flight side.

    "We definitely don't want to be a football club, a team or a group of staff that is happy with any defeat but I think we can really be proud and take huge, huge steps from the way we played," he told BBC Radio Leicester.

    "We've come to a Premier League side with amazing players, and controlled a lot of the game.

    "I think the learnings will be the final pass - we need to be more ruthless but it's the hardest part of the game

    "The bravery we showed and coming away to a place like this it was top and something to build on - we've set the stall there now."

    The Foxes have made a disappointing start following relegation to League One last season after taking one point from their first two games in the third tier under new boss Russell Martin.

    "I don't think we've been at where we want to be at for the first two league games," Chaplin added.

    "I think that's been evident. But that's something [the Ipswich performance] to come back on and say 'this is the level'.

    "But that will take time with different players and learning each other. I know it's hard to say that but it's a brutal honest truth.

    "It's our job on the training pitch to make that time as short as possible."

    Leicester travel to MK Dons hoping to secure their first league win of the season on Saturday.