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 a three-year contract with OGC Nice.
He leaves Leicester after 11 years of good and loyal service, having won the Premier League (2016), the FA Cup (2021) and the Community Shield (2022) with the Foxes.
Son of former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, 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 his clean sheet 147 times.
