City defender Aleksandar Tunchev has today agreed terms on a new one-year contract with the Foxes. The Bulgarian defender, 30, will subsequently join Championship side Crystal Palace on a one-month loan, subject to Football League approval. Tunchev extends his three-year stay with City following a successful summer at King Power Stadium, during which he has featured regularly in the Club's pre-season programme. His first three seasons with the Club were severely interrupted by injury but, after returning to fitness towards the end of last term and impressing during pre-season, the Bulgarian will have the chance to turn his fortunes around on Filbert Way. The loan spell with Crystal Palace, which runs up to September 1, should allow the former CSKA Sofia centre-back the chance to build his match fitness before challenging for a place in Eriksson's starting eleven. Crystal Palace begin the npower Championship season at newly-promoted Peterborough United on Saturday. please log in to view this image
Get in. Tunch will be fantastic for Palace and will gain match fitness It's not like we're short on class defenders with 3 more in SSL, Mills and Bamba.
Yeah, good deal all round I think. Only worry would be he gets used to first team football at Palace and then comes back here and then become frustrated in the reserves.
The only problem we have now is on tuesday at Rotherham Sean St. Ledger cant play as he is with ROI and now Mills and Bamba will have to play the first two games. Normally managers like to rotate the squad for cup games
