City today conirmed the signing of Alan Rogers, the F£$%^& defender, for an undisclosed fee (thought to be £400,000).

Rogers has to undergo a medical yet, but will be officially unveiled Friday. He has signed a two-and-a-half year contract, which expires in June 2004.

Bassett told the official site:

"Alan is a very talented lad who I am delighted to bring here to Leicester.

"I've always admired him as a player and he will give us a lot of options. I brought him to Forest as a left-back but when Ron Atkinson came in he played him in midfield and he excelled there as well.

"Alan's a proven goalscorer, he's got good pace and a good left foot which in this day and age is not easy to find. I think he'll bring good competition to the team because we're not over-blessed with players."

In the meantime Harry is also close to signing Brian Deane from Middlesbrough. Despite the City saying it's all up in the air, the Boro site is a bit more optimistic...

"We’re very close to doing a deal there," Boro boss Steve McClaren told the website this afternoon.

"We’re just waiting for things to develop between the player and his personal terms."

On top of that it appears that Damien Delaney has gone to Stockport on loan to get some match practice in, Kevin Ellison has also gone there on trial, and Arnie Gunnlaugsson has been put on the transfer list.

Not before time some might say...

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