The only game Adrien Silva has played in a Leicester shirt so far came on the morning Craig Shakespeare was sacked.
A practice match featuring squad players against a Nottingham Forest Under-23 side was arranged primarily with Silva in mind.
Shakespeare watched from the sidelines at Leicester’s Belvoir Drive training ground, excited at the prospect of one day picking the Portugal international in a contest of consequence.
Silva had seriously impressed his team-mates in training sessions by then and the 28-year-old would have been a regular starter had FIFA not rejected Leicester’s registration attempts.