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Defender Hernandez signs for Leicester on a four-year deal

The 27-year-old, who made almost 140 appearances during his four-year spell with Gijon, heavily featured for the Spanish side this season, making 36 starts as the club narrowly escaped relegation.

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Hernandez becomes Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri's second signing of the close season, following the capture of German keeper Ron-Robert Zieler from Hannover, as he hopes to build a squad ready to defend their league title.

With the Foxes set to embark upon their first-ever Champions League campaign, the addition of Hernandez will provide competition to the first-choice centre-back pairing, Wes Morgan and Robert Huth.

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(Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar)


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