Leicester City to sign ex-England, Villa and Liverpool ace

The Foxes suffered relegation under ex-U’s head coach Gary Rowett, finishing 23rd in the table with Oxford in 22nd, and will play in League One next season.

Leicester recently appointed former Rangers and Southampton boss Russell Martin to replace Rowett and are now set to sign the experienced Ings.

Meanwhile, Oxford are set to be hit with a temporary transfer embargo for issues relating to League One’s Salary Cost Management Protocol (SCMP).

According to The Telegraph, Leicester are on the verge of signing Ings on a one-year deal.

The 33-year-old will join the club after strikers Jordan Ayew and Patson Daka were both released following relegation.

Ings started out at AFC Bournemouth before moving to Burnley and impressing leading to a move to Premier League giants Liverpool.

He then joined boyhood club Southampton before joining Aston Villa in 2021.

A move to West Ham United came two years later before spending last season at Sheffield United in the Championship.

Ings now moves to the King Power Stadium in the third tier with a lot of striker movement occurring across the division this week after Louie Barry joined Sheffield Wednesday from Villa earlier on Thursday.

Oxford have made just one signing so far this summer in free agent Frankie Kent who arrived after leaving Scottish side Heart of Midlothian at the end of last season.