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Leicester City Under-23s will refresh their ranks this summer and bring through their top teenage talent.

City’s development squad disappointed in the second half of the campaign, losing all of their final seven Premier League 2 games to fall out of title contention and finish just one place above the relegation zone.

As a result, several youngsters will move on this summer and will be replaced by new blood from the Under-18s.

Here, we have picked out three of the players to keep an eye on.

Sidnei Tavares

Portuguese midfielder Tavares was promoted to the Under-23s for the run-in and although he could not turn around City’s poor results, he did stand out among his slightly older team-mates.

The rangy 17-year-old, a Portuguese Under-19 international, is a classy operator in the centre of the park, able to play as a defensive-minded shield for the back-line but also as a forward-thing attacking midfielder.

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He is tidy on the ball, has the physique to get up and down the pitch, and has the awareness to make blocks at one end and darts into the box at the other.

For the Under-18s in the season just gone, he scored five goals and made four assists.

Terell Pennant

A tricky winger, Pennant’s talents have already caught the eye, with Arsenal and Manchester United reportedly making attempts to snap him up when he was just 14.

Now 16, the nephew of former Liverpool and Stoke wide man Jermaine is progressing quickly through the ranks at Leicester.

After five goals and three assists for the Under-18s this campaign, he made his Under-23 debut in the season’s curtain-closer, a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal.

In his 20-minute cameo on the left flank, Pennant was direct, quick, and showed both a fearlessness to attack and an eye for a pass.

He is versatile too and can play on either wing, in behind the striker, or leading the line.

Will Russ

Signed from Chesterfield last year, striker Russ made an immediate impact, scoring two goals and providing one assist in his first three outings for the Under-18s.

As a result, he was given a place on the bench for the Checkatrade Trophy clash at Rochdale last November, the day before his 16th birthday.

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Coming on with half-hour to play of normal time, Wales youth international Russ showed intelligence beyond his years, dragging defenders around to create opportunities for team-mates and losing his markers, some which were double his age, to find pockets of space in the box, before he won a penalty late on.

It was his only outing for the Under-23s, but expect plenty more next season, Russ eventually finishing the Under-18 campaign with six goals and two assists in 17 outings.