Stop-start season, but Alves ended his loan spell on a high

PROMISING YOUNGSTER HAS ALREADY OVERCOME VARIOUS SETBACKS, BUT HE NEEDS A BREAK-OUT CAMPAIGN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER

- By JORDAN BLACKWELL

EXPERIENCE: Will Alves has been on loan at Huddersfield Town this season

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IT has been four-and-a-half years since Will Alves' Leicester City debut, but a first league start for the club still eludes him. Next season is his best chance yet to finally make a breakthrough.

While Alves' name has been bandied about as a potential City star for some time, he only turned 21 last week. He is still in the infancy of his career.

However, it does feel like a breakout campaign is needed sooner rather than later to add some proof to the promise he has shown.

He has been unfortunate to this point. The serious knee injury he was dealt in the FA Youth Cup late in 2022 required a long period in recovery, and he didn't make his return to senior action until August 2024.