Ex-City stars signed to save the Shrimps from relegation

ISSUE WRECKED TEAM'S HOPES OF REACHING A EUROPEAN FINAL

- By JORDAN BLACKWELL

NATIONAL League side Morecambe are building a side of former Leicester City players in a bid to save themselves from relegation, writes Jordan Blackwell.

The Shrimps’ recruitment drive continued this week with the arrival of a sixth former City player as manager Ashvir Singh Johal looks close to home.

Singh Johal was born in Leicester and worked as a coach in the club's academy. Now, at 30, he is the youngest manager in England's top five leagues.

He was appointed last month after the Panjab Warriors consortium took over Morecambe.

Amid unpaid wages, the club had been suspended from the National League and their existence was on a knife-edge.

When Singh Johal came in, Morecambe had just five contracted players, and so the club have been busy building a squad over the past few weeks.