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Leicester City's Slimani outlines his priority ahead of 2019-20 season

Islam Slimani is looking forward to joining Leicester City for the 2019-20 season after two consecutive loan spells away from the club.

Since he joined the Foxes for a then-record fee reported to be around £28 million from Sporting Lisbon, Slimani has struggled to impress in the Premier League.

His struggles in front of goal forced Leicester City to loan him out to Newcastle United for the second half of the 2017-18 season but injuries hampered his chances at St James' Park.

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The following season, he moved to the Turkish Super Lig with Fenerbahce, where he fell out of favour under coach Ersun Yanal.