Jonny Evans passes Leicester medical and agrees terms on three-year deal after Foxes activate relegation release clause
West Brom rejected a £21million bid from the Foxes only last summer
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JONNY EVANS has passed his Leicester City medical and agreed terms on a three-year deal with the Foxes.
The Foxes triggered Evans’ £3.5million relegation release clause after West Brom went down last month.
Claude Puel’s side have picked up the Northern Ireland international, 30, for a cool £17.5million LESS than West Brom turned down last summer for their skipper.
Centre-back Evans has been close to leaving during the past two transfer windows after a £21m bid from Leicester as well as an £18m offer from Manchester City.
The 2016 champions will pay Albion in two instalments of £1.75m as they look to improve on this season’s ninth-place finish.
Leicester will also now look to strengthen other areas of their team, with Norwich’s talented young midfielder James Maddison high on their summer shopping list.
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They are also keen on Stoke’s Swiss winger Xherdan Shaqiri, but face opposition from Liverpool and a number of other interested Premier League sides.
Evans is the Foxes’ second high-profile signing of the summer after they completed the capture of right-back Ricardo Pereira for £22m from Porto last month.