On the future of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: Head versus heart.
We’re entering the period of transfer rumour madness and Leicester City should be busy, whether it’s renewing contracts, selling players or bringing new faces in. The rumours around Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall started back in January and aren’t likely to quiet down anytime soon. Should we look to sell or is keeping him a no-brainer? It’s a head versus heart debate for Helen Thompson.
If, like me, you or your partner enjoy a bit of Football Manager and aren’t managing your own beloved team, it’s nice to check in on them from time to time and see whether they’re prospering, in total ruin or which ex-footballer has taken the step into management.
In my husband’s game, it’s the year 2032 and David Moyes is at the helm for Leicester City. The Foxes are 12th in the Premier League but why are we on this FM tangent you ask? Our club captain on the save is Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall. Our vice-captain is James Maddison so clearly this is in the alternative universe where that tweet and relegation didn’t happen, but still.
This game is playing out a reality I would love to see come to pass. Well, maybe not Moyes driving the boat but the captaincy part for our local boy.
It would have been no shock that my nomination for Player of the Year was Dewsbury-Hall. I’ve been on the KDH hype train all season and I’m not hopping off it yet. It wasn’t just his on field output this year, although his goals and assists were incredibly healthy. It’s his attitude and dare I say it, I really like having a core of our team being homegrown and from the academy.
The rumours have been flying about a possible sale of KDH since January when our financial plight started to be properly unearthed and a need for cash became apparent. With his 12 goals and 14 assists, he’s still only 25 years old too, it’s not a surprise he’s near the top of the sell list.
There’s a real head versus heart argument going on for me around whether we should entertain offers for one of our key men, or ensure he’s still one of the core players for next season.
