Leicester
City boss Craig Shakespeare is resting hopes on Super Eagles forward Kelechi
Iheanacho to end their Arsenal hoodoo on Friday night in the kick-off game of
the Premier League campaign.
Iheanacho, a
£25m signing from Manchester City, is fit and could make his Leicester debut
against Arsenal.
Leicester
have yet to beat the Gunners in the Premier League era with their last league
win coming in 1983, while it is a decade further back since the last time the
Foxes won away at Arsenal.
The two
clubs get the new season under way at the Emirates on Friday and Shakespeare,
beginning his first full campaign as manager, is under no illusions of the size
of the task facing his team.
"The Premier
League is the most competitive league in the world and Arsenal are one of the
best clubs in it, year after year they've shown their consistency," said
Shakespeare.
"We haven't
been able to beat them yet but there's always a first time and it would be nice
to think it would be Friday night. The players are champing at the bit to get
started.
"It will be
difficult, with the quality of their players, their fan base and the money that
they can spend, but that's the Premier League."
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