Leicester boss Smith: Maddison can be our Grealish

Football
15 Apr 2023 • 1:22 AM MYT
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Leicester City manager Dean Smith has backed James Maddison to show his true quality.

The attacking midfielder was at fault for a goal that lost them a recent game against Bournemouth.

However, Smith believes that much like Jack Grealish did for him at Aston Villa a few years ago, Maddison can keep Leicester in the Premier League.

Smith said: James is an excellent footballer. He held his hands up after making a mistake but the first thing I asked him was why he was coming so deep to get the ball.

The second thing I asked was why we had given him the ball when there was no forward pass for him to play.

He will learn and get better but he is our second-top goalscorer this season. He can be a big player but we have to get him into areas where he can hurt the opposition, similar to what we did with Jack at Villa."

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