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Wes Morgan looks out onto the very pitch where, exactly a year ago, he lifted the FA Cup in his final moments as a Leicester City player.

'It is great to be out here,' the former Leicester captain tells Sportsmail in an interview high in the stands at Wembley Stadium.

'I remember all the emotions from that day and can picture the moment when it happened...Youri getting the ball out of his feet and scoring, the ball going into the top corner....'

Morgan's voice trails off as he recollects one of the best days in Leicester's history. Tielemans' wonder goal was enough to beat Chelsea and hand the club their first-ever FA Cup, just five years after their stunning Premier League title win.

The Jamaican international almost didn't make it to Wembley. Morgan's 2020-21 season was dogged by injury but he won his race against time to feature in the final, coming on as a substitute with eight minutes to go as Leicester sought to see out victory.

'From January I was out for most of the season with a back issue and I knew - it hadn't been officially announced - that it was going to be my last season,' Morgan says. 

'I was pushing hard to make a return and play the final couple of games before I hung up my boots. I got myself in a fit enough state to be involved in the FA Cup final squad, which I was delighted about as I wasn't sure I was going to make it onto the bench. 

'I made it onto the bench, which I was absolutely buzzing about, and I was just so happy to be involved, especially after being out for so long and because it was the final. 

'It went one better, getting onto the pitch and helping the team to see out the

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