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Not all is well at Leicester City. 

Having been on a memorable journey ever since they miraculously won the Premier League back in the 2015-16 season, the Foxes have played in Europe on three occasions, while they even won the FA Cup in 2021. 

For years, Brendan Rodgers's side have been the main challengers to the established 'Big Six', narrowly missing out on qualifying for the Champions League in 2019-20 and 2020-21.

However, their success has begun to wane and a combination of several significant transfer mistakes and key players such as Jamie Vardy declining has culminated in the club struggling, which has led to a significant backlash towards Rodgers from supporters.

With Leicester seemingly unable to win games without the influential James Maddison - who is expected to receive significant interest from other clubs in the summer - along with players like Youri Tielemans set to depart at the end of the season when his contract expires, a significant rebuild is expected.

However, this won't be easy with Leicester's past transfer mistakes all contributing to the club posting a £92.5m loss in the 2021-22 financial year. 

With the Foxes just two points clear of the relegation zone in the Premier League, and having been eliminated from the FA Cup last week by Championship outfit Blackburn, the mood around the King Power Stadium is downbeat.

Ahead of what is expected to be a significant turnover of players at the end of the campaign, Sportsmail looks at every Leicester signing of £15m or more since they won the title seven years ago and rates whether the deal to bring them in was a 'Hit' or 'Miss' for the club.

2016 - Ahmed Musa - £16m from CSKA Moscow

The Foxes' record signing at the time of his arrival, Nigerian forward Musa struggled and scored just two Premier League goals in 21 games during the 2016-17 season before he was frozen out the following year.

Musa eventually returned to CSKA Moscow on loan before moving to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia in 2018.

Rating: MISS 

2016 - Islam Slimani - £28m from Sporting Lisbon 

The Algerian forward replaced Musa as the club's record signing just a month later in an expensive summer of 2016 and started brightly at Leicester, before his Foxes career dipped dramatically after injury.

He struggled in his second season and spent time on loan at Newcastle, Fenerbahce and Monaco before he eventually left the club in 2021, making just one appearance after 2018. Slimani ended with 13 goals in 48 games in all competitions 

Rating: MISS 

2016 - Wilfred Ndidi - £17m from Genk 

An exceptional player for Leicester during his first five seasons at the club, Ndidi had a big role to play in their FA Cup win in 2021 and memorable runs in Europe.

However, he has struggled for form and fitness over the past two seasons, but with 227 appearances over seven years, Ndidi was a snip at £17m.

Rating: HIT 

2017 - Harry Maguire - £17m from Hull City 

Picked up after Hull were relegated from the Premier League, Maguire was a talisman for Leicester and broke into the England side while he was at the King Power Stadium.

The centre-back was superb for two seasons before being sold for £80m to Manchester United - a mere £63m profit - as Maguire became the world's most expensive defender.

Rating: HIT 

2017 - Vicente Iborra - £15m from Sevilla

The defensive midfielder arrived at Leicester with significant pedigree, having been a key part of the Sevilla side who won three successive Europa League titles between 2013 and 2016.

However, Iborra and his family struggled to settle in England  - something he later cited as a reason for leaving - and the Spaniard moved to Villareal after appearing just 37 times across two seasons.

Rating: MISS 

2017 - Kelechi Iheanacho - £25m from Man City

The Nigerian forward arrived at Leicester as a 20-year-old and now 26, he has failed to consistently show his undoubted talent and nail down a starting spot.

However, Iheanacho has scored several important goals and has a particular penchant for scoring in cup competitions, with the forward the top ever African scorer in the FA Cup after netting 18 times in the competition.

With 53 goals in 197 appearances - many of which have been off the bench - Iheanacho has proved to be a solid servant for the Foxes.

Rating: HIT 

2017 - Adrien Silva - £22m from Sporting Lisbon

It started disastrously for Silva when Leicester failed to file the appropriate documents for his signing in time during the summer window of 2017, missing the deadline by 14 seconds, meaning he couldn't play for the club until January.

Things didn't get much better and after 14 Premier League appearances, he was shipped out on loan to AS Monaco for two seasons, before his contract was terminated by mutual consent in 2020.

Rating: MISS 

2018 - James Maddison - £25m from Norwich City

A shining light for Leicester whenever he plays, Maddison has been an exceptional signing for the Foxes and has taken over the captaincy in recent months with Jonny Evans absent.

He is a talismanic figure for the club and has 54 goals and 37 assists in 191 appearances.

Rating: HIT