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Head of recruitment Eduardo Macia is leaving Leicester City, but it won’t affect their summer plans in the transfer market.

The 44-year-old has come to an agreement with City over his departure to pursue other opportunities and has repeatedly been linked with a director of football role at Bordeaux.

However, before his departure City have already drawn up their list of transfer targets this summer as they look to strengthen under new manager Brendan Rodgers and push for a top-six finish next season, and they will press ahead without Macia, with an arrangement that he will not target those players at his new club.

City will look to replace him but no candidates are currently lined up, although Celtic’s head of recruitment Lee Congerton, who first worked with Rodgers at Chelsea, has been linked while former head of recruitment Steve Walsh is also out of work after leaving Everton.

Macia previously worked at Valencia, Liverpool, Olympiacos, Fiorentina and Real Betis before joining City in September 2016, after the departure of Walsh to become director of football at Everton.

Bordeaux are now managed by former City boss Paulo Sousa.

Football agent Bruno Satin recently told French media that Macia’s departure was imminent.

“Paulo Sousa has certainly asked for a large envelope for the summer transfer window, knowing that the whole sports structure is being put in place,” he said.

“The sports director will arrive in a fortnight. It is someone who is relatively known. You will find out, his name has already filtered, especially at Leicester at the same time as Claude Puel - Eduardo Macia? Exactly.

“It's been a while since we talked about it, but he did not warn his employers that he was leaving, before his name had actually come out.

“He will want to do the same project that Lille has put in. He has means available to buy young players and play them.”