Leicester City sit third in the Premier League on 14 points after their emphatic 5-0 demolition of Newcastle United. That is two more points than they had at the same stage in 2015-16 — the season they would go on to shock the world by becoming the 5,000-1 Premier League champions. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.



City’s form so far this season under Brendan Rodgers has certainly justified their pre-season tag as the side best-equipped to challenge the established top six. They may be missing a mercurial maverick like Riyad Mahrez or an influential midfield presence like N’Golo Kante, but what City lack in stand-out stars they make up for in the overall strength of their squad. Arguably, the 2019-20 squad is better and possesses much more depth than Claudio Ranieri’s title winners of four years ago. One man who is in a good position to offer an opinion certainly thinks so.



Marc Albrighton said: “I would say this is the...