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title: "Exclusive: Ex-Leicester man claims Soyuncu’s head may be turned by Liverpool"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/exclusive-leicester-city-caglar-soyuncu-liverpool-premier-league-e72/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Harry Sherlock"
section: "Leicester"
published: "2021-04-06T16:14:53Z"
modified: "2021-04-06T16:14:53Z"
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# Exclusive: Ex-Leicester man claims Soyuncu’s head may be turned by Liverpool

**Former Leicester City star Keith Gillespie believes that Caglar Soyuncu’s head could be turned by interest from Liverpool, telling [the Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/) exclusively that the Foxes need to work hard to keep him at the club.**

Reports last week linked the Reds with a move for the central defender, who has developed into a superb player under the management of Brendan Rodgers at the King Power Stadium.

Soyuncu has made [73 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/caglar-soyuncu/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/320141) for the Foxes since his move to the club in 2018 and [The Daily Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-transfer-news-konate-kabak-23816765) has reported that he is on a shortlist of potential central defensive acquisitions for the Reds, with Michael Edwards, Liverpool’s transfer chief, impressed with him.

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Leicester have sold players to bigger clubs at huge fees in recent years, extracting [£80m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49224905) from Manchester United for Harry Maguire, [£45m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53913585) from Chelsea for Ben Chilwell, and [£60m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44709129) from Manchester City for Riyad Mahrez.

And while Gillespie accepts that the Turkey international could be interested in a move to Liverpool, he believes Leicester really need to ensure he stays at the club beyond this summer.

He told **TT**: *“When a club like Liverpool come knocking, players heads can get turned. It’s up to Leicester to try and keep hold of him because he is a very, very good player.”*

Gillespie has been impressed with the level of defenders at Leicester, and is unsurprised that a big club would be interested in Soyuncu, having seen Maguire move to Old Trafford.

He added: *“You think about the problems that Man United have had defensively, they plucked a Leicester defender, now we’re talking about another three Leicester centre-halves in terms of how good they are so they’re doing something right at Leicester in terms of bringing through centre-halves.”*