Wilfred Ndidi will hit a pair of personal landmarks if selected when relegated Leicester City make the short trip to Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
The Nigerian midfielder, whose eight-year stint at the King Power appears to be winding down, is set to make his 360th career appearance for club and country. He also sits on 49 goal contributions at club level (24 goals & 25 assists) and needs just one more to round off 50 direct contributions in a career that began in Belgium with Genk.
With little left on the line for the Foxes, milestones like these offer motivation amid the wreckage of a campaign that will end in the Championship.
For Forest, the stakes remain very real. A return to Europe’s top table is still on the cards, with Nuno Espírito Santo’s men fighting to secure a top-five finish and a place in next season’s UEFA Champions League. They were held 1-1 by Crystal Palace last time out, but remain just three points off fifth.
The return of Ola Aina from injury is a timely boost for the hosts, especially with games against Leicester, West Ham, and Chelsea to close out the season. Aina has been a key figure under Nuno and will add steel and dynamism down the flank as Forest look to end the season strong.
Correct score prediction: Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City
Leicester’s 2-0 win over Southampton last weekend, their fifth of the campaign, offered a flicker of defiance, but their away form has been dire. Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side are winless in their last six on the road, scoring just two and conceding 14 in that time.
Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, have not completed a league double over Leicester since the 1994/95 season, a record they can finally erase here, having won the reverse fixture 3-1. Forest have also lost just once in their last 18 home league meetings with Leicester. With Champions League football still within reach, expect them to take care of business.
Prediction: Nottingham Forest 2-1 Leicester City
Wilfred Ndidi’s Leicester swansong nears
Ndidi’s future appears increasingly certain; he is set to depart this summer. Following Leicester’s relegation confirmed by a 1-0 home defeat to Liverpool on Easter Sunday, a £9m release clause embedded in the three-year deal he signed last year has now been activated.
Wilfried Ndidi has a £9m relegation release clause, as @NizaarKinsella called.
Understand Crystal Palace, Everton and Fulham all interested.
Al-Ahli also have Ndidi on their radar but yet to make any approach. Matthias Jaissle keen to add a holding midfielder.🇳🇬
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— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) April 29, 2025
Turkish Super Lig clubs are circling, and the latest round of interest could finally end his long tenure in England. He had previously turned down Marseille and Everton, but with Leicester now facing another Championship campaign and Van Nistelrooy’s own future unclear, the time for a fresh start has come.
Ndidi has seen it all at the King Power; an FA Cup win, a Community Shield triumph, and a run to the UEFA Europa Conference League semi-finals. But the arc has flattened, and for a player whose engine still hums in midfield, stagnation is a risk.
His final weeks in blue may serve as a quiet farewell, marked not by noise but by numbers and the steady legacy of a player who gave Leicester their midfield heartbeat.
