Not that i want to re-open the debate too much, but i don't think he has proven anything since his return to Leicester. He's paid for 3 players, paid good prices that aren't cheap by NPC standards for players that SAF clearly doesn't want anymore. You haven't loaned a single prospect off them like we have. Evans, King and Brady were all seen as good prospects, we signed Evans because they let us as he was less of a prospect, but mainly because he decided at a young age that he wanted to leave Man Utd since he enjoyed playing first team football.
This time round Brady is considered unlikely to make the grade due to his lower than expected performances here and now they want rid (if OLM is to be believed).
Not that i'm saying Pearson/Leicester doesn't have a relationship, all i'm saying is that paying good money for 3 of their players that SAF has already decided won't make it there doesn't prove it (or disprove it)
EDIT: also, who's Larnell Cole?