London June 16 (IANS) English football club Leicester City announced its first signing of the summer in the form of defender Harry Maguire from Hull City. The 24-year-old signed a contract which will run till the summer of 2022.
The England player on Thursday said it was during a meeting with Leicester head coach Craig Shakespeare that he became confident his future lay with the 2015-16 English Premier League (EPL) champions reports Efe.
It s a very exciting moment for me. Once I had my eyes on this club I always wanted to join. Thankfully I m here so I can t wait to get the season started and kick on said Maguire who will join his new team-mates in early July ahead of Leicester s pre-season training camp in Austria.
There were a number of clubs interested but when I met the coach here he pretty much swayed it into the direction of this club. He showed me the way that the club is going. It s on the up and it looks very promising for the future so credit to the gaffer he added.
You can see that with the structure of the club it s going to look upwards rather than down so that was a big reason why as soon as I knew there was an interest I wanted to jump at the opportunity.
Maguire made a total of 36 appearances in the 2016/17 season for Hull who were relegated from the EPL.
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Defender Maguire signs for Leicester City
