Former Leicester striker Matty Fryatt believes left-back Victor Kristiansen has the potential to be a big part of new manager Steve Cooper’s plans for the club’s’ return to the Premier League.
Kristiansen signed for Leicester from FC Copenhagen for £17m in January 2023, making him the most expensive Danish Superliga player ever, but was loaned out to Serie A side Bologna for the 2023-24 season after the Foxes’ relegation to the Championship.
The 21-year-old has returned to King Power Stadium and featured in Friday’s 1-0 pre-season defeat to Palermo.
Asked if if Kristiansen would suit Cooper’s system of having one full-back playing very high, Fryatt told BBC Radio Leicester’s When You’re Smiling podcast: “Absolutely. It would be made for him in terms of he is full of energy and he is 100 miles per hour all the time. Sometimes you need to find that balance but he’s constant.
“He provides energy and he would be up and down. It would just be the other side of it, when he switches off [and makes] little mistakes.
“His effort and enthusiasm is there. He provides legs to get forward and that cross he put in [against Palermo] was outstanding.
“He’s like a bottle of pop, he’s 100 miles an hour and sometimes just needs to slow himself down at the right times. But, it’s a fine line between being all at it and being a bit cool and composed.
“It’s about finding that balance but he certainly provides legs going forward.”
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