“It’s a shame, They got complacent, There’s going to be a mass exodus of players” – Gabriel Agbonlahor gives reasons why Leicester were relegated from the PL as he predicts Foxes would struggle to keep of hold best players

Gabriel Agbonlahor has given his reasons to why Leicester city were relegated from the English Premier League this season as the former England striker also predicted a mass exodus of departures at the king Power stadium.

The pundit also urged former club to make a move for attacker Harvey Barnes. Barnes scored in the Foxes’ final day win over West Ham United, which didn’t prove to be enough for Dean Smith and his players because of Everton’s victory elsewhere.

Barnes, 25, is a Leicester academy product and he’s been a regular in the side since being recalled from his excellent loan spell at West Brom in 2019. During that period, Barnes has played in Europe for City and won the FA Cup under Brendan Rodgers in 2021. He has two years remaining on his King Power Stadium contract.

Relegation, though, will likely attract Premier League interest in Barnes who, like James Maddison, Youri Tielemans and Timothy Castagne, among others, is expected to move on.

“If you get complacent in the Premier League, anyone can get relegated,” Agbonlahor told talkSPORT. “Leicester have been complacent this season. They’ve had their struggles. There’s going to be an exodus of players.

“Maddison is going to go for less than Leicester would’ve expected. Harvey Barnes – I want Aston Villa to go and get him for a cut fee, we’ll give you £25-30m, thank you very much. It’s a shame. Castagne, there’s talk about Inter Milan looking at him as their new wing back.

“There are a lot of players in that Leicester squad that are going to go, and we’ve seen how hard it is to come straight back up.”