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Sutton United have signed defender Bobby Amartey and wing-back Ben Brookes on short-term loan deals.

Amartey joins from Leicester City until the end of November.

The 20-year-old academy player joined the Foxes at under-13 level and made his debut for both the U18s and U21s when he was 16.

The Ghana youth international played three matches for Leicester's U21s in the Football League Trophy in 2023-2024, earning a first professional contract.

Brookes signs from York City until mid-December after being left unregistered from Scott Lindsey's squad for the current League Two campaign.

The 25-year-old moved to York from Maidstone in 2025 and played 35 league games last season.

Sutton United have made a solid start to their latest National League campaign, winning four of their opening six matches to sit fifth in the table with 12 points.

This week they also added 20-year-old former Brighton & Hove Albion academy midfielder Joe Knight on a three-month loan deal from League One club Stevenage.

The U's host Scunthorpe United in the league on Saturday (15:00 BST).

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Leicester manager Russell Martin will have a hard time winning over the fans with his brand of football in England's third tier, says former Foxes defender Matt Heath.

The high possession approach, which Heath's former Leicester team-mate Matt Piper described as "passing teams to death", has been widely criticised after Leicester were beaten 4-0 by Oxford United at home on Saturday.

The defeat left the Foxes 18th in the League One table, which is the lowest position the club has been in the English football pyramid in its 142-year history.

Heath says he has been "surprised and underwhelmed" by the poor start Leicester have made after the club suffered back-to-back relegations from the Premier League and Championship.

While Foxes defender Jayden Joseph has come out to say that he and his team-mates believe in the style of football Martin has them playing, Heath has questioned how effective it will be in League One.

"I know the modern-day footballer does like to have high possession, and when completed correctly it has a real good dominance on the game. And you just have to look at the top teams in the top leagues across Europe and across the world to see this style of football does work," Heath told BBC East Midlands Today.

"But the big caveat is that Leicester is a team in League One that have players that are League One standard.

"It is a high risk and high reward style. When playing out from the goalkeeper to the centre-halves in the penalty box, the risks are there to be seen.

"So, on the occasions that it doesn't work it really does look bad.

"And to try to win the fans over, who are very disgruntled with the seasons they've previously had with two relegations, and play such a high risk style of play is probably not a good recipe really."

Aaron Paul is joined by Bristol City winger Jed Wallace and AFC Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson in the latest episode of the 72+ podcast.

They discuss what's next for Leicester City and Russell Martin after the Foxes were thrashed 4-0 at home by Oxford United last weekend to leave them 18th in League One.

Jackson reflects on Wimbledon's start to the campaign and Michael Duff's sacking at Wycombe Wanderers after just five games - with the Chairboys 23rd in the third tier - is also a topic of conversation.

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