The 35-year-old Danish international goalkeeper leaves Leicester after 11 years of good and loyal service.
Nice settled the issue of Walter Benitez’s succession with the goal. And how ! After the failure of Yann Sommer (Borussia Mönchengladbach), the Aiglons leaned on a sacred client in the person of Kasper Schmeichel. Banco, the 35-year-old Danish international (84 caps) who has just signed up for OGC Nice. He joins his compatriot Kasper Dolberg at the Allianz Riviera, he who leaves Leicester after 11 years of (very) good and loyal service, having won the Premier League (2016), the FA Cup (2021) and the Community Shield ( 2022) with the Foxes. Note that the duration of the contract has not been specified. We are talking about three seasons.
Son of former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, a true legend on the Old Trafford side, Kasper Schmeichel has spent his entire career on the other side of the Channel, he who joined the ranks of Manchester… City very early on. After many loans, he went to Notts County and Leeds before joining the King Power Stadium in 2011. With Leicester, where he was under contract until 2023, he played 478 matches, keeping a clean sheet 147 times.
Talent, experience, charisma
Recall that the Gym had previously recorded the arrivals of Mattia Viti (Empoli), Alexis Beka Beka (Lokomotiv Moscow), Rares Ilie (FC Rapid) and Aaron Ramsey (Juventus), not to mention Marcin Bulka, on loan from PSG in 2021-22 , definitely transferred this summer and who will therefore be Schmeichel’s understudy in the Nice goals from now on. From the top of his 89 meter, the latter will certainly represent one of the attractions of next season in L1. “Talent, experience, charisma: Kasper Schmeichel has established himself as a reference in the Premier League“, we describe in the dithyrambic press release from Nice, welcoming “a model of performance and regularity“. And to add:OGC Nice welcomes his arrival“. There is something…