🎧 Looking to the future
The latest episode of BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast has dropped.Former Leicester City striker Steve Howard stops by to discuss the Foxes' final four games and how Ruud van Nistelrooy can best use them to prepare for life in the Championship next season.Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
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