Leicester midfielder Dyke to join QPR
Leicester City midfielder Kaleb Dyke will move to QPR at the start of July.The 18-year-old will join up fully with the Rs after a successful trial month.Dyke will join centre-back Timothy Akindileni, who completed his move from Aberdeen on Monday, in the development squad."For me, the right club is the one with the pathway, the pathway into the first team," he told the QPR website, external. "And then it's the facilities and the overall feeling of the club."The feeling for me here was very positive from the start – the pathway's amazing, you can see players going into the first team, so it was a no-brainer."
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