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Leicester City’s development squad player of the season Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has signed a new three-year contract at the club.

The Shepshed-born central midfielder followed in the footsteps of Ben Chilwell, Harvey Barnes and Hamza Choudhury by collecting the award in May, and has now been rewarded with a new deal that keeps him at the club until 2022.

Dewsbury-Hall has grown up in City’s academy, joining the club aged eight, and is now a key member of the Under-23s line-up, featuring in all 22 Premier League 2 fixtures last term and starting all four games this season.

Having secured his future, the 20-year-old is now looking to break into the first-team set-up.

“I’m delighted to finally get it done,” Dewsbury-Hall told LCFC TV. “Obviously, a lot of stuff goes into a signing a contract, so it’s nice to get it all over the line.

“Now I can concentrate on playing football and it’s exciting times ahead. I’m happy to sign and commit my future to this club for another three years.

“It was a great season last season and I’m really happy with how it went and this season, I’m looking to push on and have an even better one this season to see where it takes me.

“Obviously, I’ve signed for three years here and I’m looking to push on now, hopefully make a name for myself, get into the first team and just keep playing.

“My aspiration as a kid was to become a Premier League player so hopefully that’ll happen and I’ll see where it takes me.”

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Dewsbury-Hall has travelled with the first team on occasion, joining Claude Puel’s City for a defeat at Burnley in April 2018, while he is regularly handed the opportunity to train with Brendan Rodgers’ senior stars.

He hopes to learn from those experiences.

“Luckily enough, I get to do a lot of training with the first team and it’s fantastic,” he said.

“Everybody’s on it and it just makes you a better player every time you’re with them, so the more sessions I can get in, the better it makes me and the more confident it makes me.

“Going to the training pitch and learning new things, obviously with Brendan, who is a great manager, is only going to benefit me.

“You have to look back on what you’ve done well and how you’ve played, but you always have to look forward to think: ‘How can I get better? What can I do to get to the next level?’

“That’s definitely what I’m looking to do. I’m not looking to sit on my laurels and just be content. I want to push on now and hopefully when I get my opportunity, I’ll take that.”