Town have agreed an £11.5 million plus add-ons fee with Leicester City for Irish international winger Kasey McAteer.

Yesterday it emerged that the Blues were targeting the 23-year-old with the clubs quickly tying up a deal.

According to The Athletic, a medical has already taken place and a four-year contract also agreed. An announcement appears likely today and McAteer available for the trip to Preston.

The Blues have been looking for a right-sided attacker to replace Omari Hutchinson, who left to join Nottingham Forest for £37.5 million last weekend.

Northampton-born McAteer joined Leicester aged eight and made his first senior appearance in the Premier League in a 4-0 victory over Newcastle in December 2021.

Having had spells on loan with Forest Green Rovers, with whom he won the 2021/22 League Two title, and AFC Wimbledon, the right-sided forward has gone on to make a total of 27 starts and 29 sub appearances for the Foxes, scoring eight goals, including his side’s second in the 2-0 win against the Blues at the King Power Stadium in May. He was a member of the squad which pipped Town to the 2023/24 Championship title.

McAteer has won six full Republic of Ireland caps, scoring one international goal. He will become the fifth senior Ireland international in the squad alongside skipper Dara O'Shea, Chieo Ogbene, Sammie Szmodics and Jack Taylor.

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Ipswich_Sniffer added 09:19 - Aug 22 Is this a joke!!!!!
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itfc2024 added 09:19 - Aug 22 11.5 million for him that's a lot of money for a overrated player i don't even rate this kid this is a panic bye in my opinion as we lost out of target A B C and D
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Cheltenham_Blue added 09:21 - Aug 22 “buy”
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Ipswich_Sniffer added 09:21 - Aug 22 Seriously, this has got Aro Muric written all over it. Pathetic.
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Ipswich_Sniffer added 09:22 - Aug 22 Seriously, this has got Aro Muric written all over it. Pathetic.
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Boncho95 added 09:22 - Aug 22 Are you sure the figure isn't £1.15 million with no add-ons?
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EuanTown added 09:23 - Aug 22 including his side’s second in the 2-0 win against the Blues That is the reason we have bought him.
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itfc2024 added 09:23 - Aug 22 so I bet this very poor transfer has ruled out us signing the Norwegian lad who is probably 100 times than this guy who i don't rate what so ever
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EuanTown added 09:23 - Aug 22 including his side’s second in the 2-0 win against the Blues That is the reason we have bought him.
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tomitfc added 09:23 - Aug 22 Omari to this fella.. baffling. And now Leicester are going to use the funds to go and get the millwall striker that we should be in for, you can’t write it
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Kentish_Tractor added 09:24 - Aug 22 Guess that means the Norwegian kid isn't coming. Very underwhelmed with this - watched him play against us several times and never been impressed with him.
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blues1 added 09:25 - Aug 22 Itfc2024. Stop talking bs. You dont know anything about the player, or who we may or may not have missed out on. Just a typical idiotic town fan whos not happy unless making negative comments. Clearly you weren't at prtman road when he ran our defence ragged a couple of years ago. Or at leicester when he scored against us last season. But you just spout ur usual rubbish.

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ITFCMatt1 added 09:25 - Aug 22 "we need to sign some players" then get annoyed when we are about to sign someone. £11.5m for a 23 yr old winger who played 18 games in prem last season, when we got £10m for 27 yr old Broadhead who also played 18 games in the prem last season. And how do you know its a panic buy? How do you know we have lost out on A, B, C and D? In terms of winger, he could have been our A, but we have only gone for him now as we didn't need to go for him as we still had Omari. Don't write someone off before they've even signed. Again.

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ITFC_1994 added 09:26 - Aug 22 Hmm... when I first saw this link I thought "good squad player, should be fairly cheap" but £11.5m seems like a lot..... however if KM can work his magic on him then you never know- could prove to be a great signing!! Another quick deal done by MA and KM it seems- proving again what good operators they are and that they trying, despite what some say.... Hopefully we are still in for Egeli- assume so as we need to replace both Broady and Omari- as he seems a very exciting prospect! Just remember, £11.5mn on a young, exciting winger with Championship and Premier League pedigree is something we could have only dreamed of just 3 years ago! COYB

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blues1 added 09:27 - Aug 22 Kentish tractor. Really? Caused us loads of problems when hes played against us before.
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itfc2024 added 09:27 - Aug 22 he ran our defence ragged i could have ran our defence ragged last season and cos he scored against us makes him a good player does it
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Somersetractor added 09:28 - Aug 22 Exactly ITFCMatt1 !!! Let's try transmitting some positivity !
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Suffolk_n_Proud added 09:30 - Aug 22 Calm your emotions people, remember all the moaning and negativity when we signed Liam Delap. Some people never learn. Withhold judgement until you regularly watch him play under KM and our coaching team
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itfc2024 added 09:30 - Aug 22 I won't boo or jeer anyone in a town shirt but with that price tag if he don't hit the ground running he will get alot of stick like muric did and Jack clarke has got from certain fans
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Alphawhiskey added 09:30 - Aug 22 Why? What a desperate buy. A replacement for Omari? Are you serious! I'm sure that's a typo and should read 1.5 million. What a joke, and a complete waste of funds.
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tractorboy12341234 added 09:31 - Aug 22 I beg this is a PSR stunt and Leicester sign Baggott for £12m in jan
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hammo56 added 09:32 - Aug 22 Well we managed to get this transfer done quickly. I wonder why? I bet Leicester can’t believe their luck. As for him having a couple of good games against us, I was at Burton and remember Ahadme causing our defence loads of problems on the night and we then decided to go and buy him. That didn’t work out but at least it was only a cheap gamble. This one certainly isn’t.

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ThaiBlue added 09:34 - Aug 22 Can't be any worse than Clarke or ogbene
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Wickets added 09:35 - Aug 22 Good replacement for Broady .
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cressi added 09:35 - Aug 22 Madness
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