Leicester set to offer defender Harry Maguire a stunning £20.8m deal over a five-year contract
Foxes are expected to announce the signing this week as they finalise their £17m deal with Hull
LEICESTER are set to offer Hull star Harry Maguire a staggering £20.8million contract to join them.
Maguire, 24, will sign on in a £17m deal and grab a Premier League lifeline, as the Tigers drop back to the Championship.
And Craig Shakespeare’s Foxes will pay the centre-half £80,000 a week for the next five years to make the move.
The Foxes boss stepped up his interest in Maguire after a £10m bid for West Brom’s Jonny Evans was dismissed by the Baggies.
Leicester wasted no time in agreeing terms with Maguire who completed a medical yesterday.
The King Power outfit hope to confirm the signing on Thursday.
Leicester will pay £12m up front with £5m add-ons.
Hull were reluctant to lose Maguire but he was in the final year of his contract and wanted to remain in the top flight.
The swoop means Wes Morgan, 33, and Robert Huth, 32, face competition for their places. But Leicester have no plans to move them out.