🎧 'A win needs to come sharpish'
The latest episode of BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast has dropped.Hear from Foxes defender James Justin, and ex-Leicester striker Matty Fryatt joins Owynn Palmer-Atkin to preview a fourth game of the season against Manchester United at the weekend.Listen on BBC Sounds
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