After more than ten years at Newcastle United, Jamaal Lascelles moved to Leicester City.
His time was up at St James’ Park.
Time to move on and start playing regular football again.
At the age of 32, Jamaal Lascelles discovered that the evolution under Eddie Howe had brought better and better players to Newcastle United.
So on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, we finally got confirmation that he had moved to the Foxes permanently.
Leicester City were in a bit of trouble and, having lost six of their last nine league matches, wanted to ensure they did not find themselves in a relegation battle. Only three Championship clubs had conceded more goals than the 45 the Foxes had conceded so far.
Two days after announcing that Jamaal Lascelles had joined the Foxes, Leicester City announced that they had secured six points. This is due to PSR violations.
That was last Thursday, on Saturday Jamaal Lascelles made his debut. He played the first 71 minutes of the match as Leicester City lost 2–1 at Birmingham City. The winning goal was scored just four minutes before he was substituted.
On Tuesday evening, Jamaal Lascelles watched from the bench as Leicester took a 3-0 lead at halftime.
Southampton had scored a consolation goal just after the hour mark, but the former Newcastle United player came into action with 15 minutes to go to seal this 3-1 home win.
Leicester City then conceded extra time after 82 minutes, 86 minutes and finally six minutes.
Jamaal Lascelles and his new teammates lost 4-3 at home, in a match they had led 3-0.
As things stand, Leicester City are in fourth place in the Championship and if Blackburn get anything out of their game, the Foxes would find themselves in the relegation zone. Now only low-ranking Sheffield Wednesday has conceded more goals than Leicester City.
It seems incredible that Leicester City could be on their way to the third tier, when it is currently less than a decade since they won the Premier League.
The thing is, they’ve now only taken one point from their last six games and are going down like a stone.
Good luck to Jamaal Lascelles as he tries to prevent Leicester City from back-to-back relegations.
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