Rodgers and leicester's new transfer chief hold talks over future windows

Leicester City’s new head of recruitment Martyn Glover has started his work at the club as thoughts turn towards upcoming transfer windows. Glover took up his position at City over the

weekend after his period of gardening leave at Southampton ended. Following Lee Congerton’s departure to Atalanta in the spring, City picked out Glover as his replacement, but as part of his

exit from the Saints he was not able to start at the club until after the end of the summer transfer window. It was a window that did not go to plan for City, and particularly for manager

Brendan Rodgers. He had hoped for five or six new faces as part of a shake-up of the squad, but financial concerns and an inability to move players through the exit door left the club with

just one new outfield player in the form of centre-back Wout Faes. READ MORE: BRENDAN RODGERS OPENS DOOR FOR LEICESTER CITY FRINGE PLAYERS TO 'PROVE HIM WRONG' READ MORE: MEET THE

USA COACH AND DANISH TITLE-WINNER TASKED WITH SOLVING BIG LEICESTER CITY PROBLEM The question for City is whether their finances impact their business in January, when the transfer window

reopens, or whether the £70m sale of Wesley Fofana will open the door for business to be done. If there is scope for signings, Glover will be at the heart of the deals. “He’s been in from

the weekend, so I’ve had some good conversations with Martyn,” Rodgers said this week. Asked if those conversations were related to the January transfer window, the manager replied: “Well,

it’s about planning,” adding that he had not yet been given any indication of what the club might be able to do in the new year. After the defeat at Brighton, Rodgers had suggested that he

needed the winter window to turn around City’s form. He said that when he joined a struggling Watford side in his first managerial job, the signings made in January helped him improve the

club’s form. Asked if he had ever been in a similar situation to the one he is currently in at City, he said: “My first job is the only time. When I went into Watford, they were in the

bottom three. I went in around November (2008). I looked to pick the group up and then we made signings in January and that made the difference.” Glover’s deals with the Saints may give an

insight into the sort of business he may do at City. He had particular joy in bringing in young, inexperienced players from the academies of the country’s elite clubs, with Kyle

Walker-Peters joining from Spurs for £13m and going on to become an England international with Southampton. Last summer, the Saints signed two players from Chelsea who went on to be big

hits. Full-back Tino Livramento joined for £6m and the teenager impressed until he suffered an ACL injury in April. Striker Armando Broja also proved to be a successful signing on loan, and

he has been playing in Chelsea’s first team this season. WHAT SHOULD CITY'S PRIORITY BE IN THE JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW? LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW. READ NEXT: