Leicester Fables, Also a Fairy Tale of 'Big' Wes Morgan

Wes Morgan (skysports.com)

Westley Nathan 'Wes' Morgan could be like his friends who was born and raised in the Meadows, Nottingham, England if not play football. Now, he is assembling a champion throne with Leicester City.

Morgan is more 'visible' lately. Plus one goal he made as Leicester face Southampton at the King Power Stadium on April 3. Gol started from the attack which was built from the middle, but the ball eventually given to Christian Fuchs, who was located on the left side. Fuchs then released cross which was headed by Morgan inside the penalty box.

Morgan has not just enlivened the carriage of Leicester with Claudio Ranieri as the engineer. However, his figure is really important to Leicester, both inside and outside the field. He was captain of Leicester.

Not only brings the captain status, but Morgan is rated as a leader who managed to do all the trust as a captain. Morgan has the expertise to be a connector between players with the manager, Ranieri. Either on the field or off the field. Even when the players undergo vacation periods during the international break or even the FA Cup is held at the weekend, he remains a liaison.

On the field, Morgan is a formidable figure in the back line. Although the team is more often won by a score of thin lately, they are also difficult to be cracked by the opponent. Until week 32, Leicester still leads in the Premier League standings board. With just six games remaining, 'The Fox' is very close to the title.

Squawka noted Morgan as a dangerous player in the tackle and dominant in a duel in the air. He became a Leicester player who successfully stopped Sergio Aguero, Harry Kane, and Diego Costa.

His statistics in 32 games this season with a winning percentage duel in the air up to 55%, won 26 tackles with an average percentage of success of 50%. He was also made 84 intercepts, 184 clearances, and 36 blocks.

The entire positive value is just waiting for an inscription: the league trophy at the end of this season. Arsene Wenger even declared respectively to Leicester that Leicester good performance this season has made fans all over the UK, who do not support Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur are united.

Yes, Leicester had become a fairytale that witnessed with the naked eye and occurs in the present. Leicester was set a target to avoid relegation consistently dominate the top standings of the Premier League until being a strong candidate for the champion.

Premier League also raises new plays. Not Aguero, Wayne Rooney, or Diego Costa. This season, Jamie Vardy, Danny Drinkwater, Riyad Mahrez, also N'Golo Kante had been the center of attention. Morgan has now entered into the list.

Wes Morgan after scoring goal (gettyimages.com)

As Leicester with Vardy, Mahrez, Kante and his Drinkwater, who last season was a nobody, so did Morgan. Not many people who are looking for their name on Google search engine. Who are they? If Vardy had been a part-time employee at an artificial limbs plant, Morgan has been focused on football since childhood.

He was a kid who was born and raised in the Meadows, a district in Nottingham not far from the city center. Areas with narrow roads, railways, and many factories in the 19th century with many social problems.

"When I was a kid, I watched the whole thing. Fights, drugs, knives, guns. That's where all the bad things happen," Morgan said as quoted by the Leicester Mercury.

Luckily, Morgan has been busy with football since childhood. Because of football, his playmates protect him from the bad things.

"They did not want me to be involved with all of that," he said.

But the enthusiasm and support of his friends could not continue to ignite spirit in the Morgan's heart. He once nearly gave up and decided to get a serious college education after being removed from Notts County Academy.

Morgan was away from football for 18 months and then joined the academy Dunkirk while studying business at South Notts College to become an accountant. Morgan felt her knowledge about money is quite good, and his math is not so bad after all. Without activities in football, his body was swollen.

The university has a football team trained by Chris Dowling. Dowling recommended Morgan to Nottingham Forest. Morgan would, despite his physical is no longer as it used to when He was active in the Academy. So, he reinforced his heart when many people were making wince when he followed the trial. His posture was really nothing like a sportsman! Not just stocky she was already overweight.

But its potential legible. Teams continued to receive and gave him short-term contracts, but with an unspoken request.

"Basically, I was asked to lose weight. You could say I was fat at that time. So in one season I just do physical exercise," Morgan said as quoted by Sky Sports.

Find a way to cultivate his passion again, Morgan obey. Morgan could only watch his friends to practice technique with the manager while he was closely watched by a physical trainer. If his team played in the competition at the weekend, Morgan had to run, run and run.

After returning to the ideal weight, 'Big Wes' was preserved at Nottingham Forest. He was together with the team for ten years. Until then, Morgan moved to Leicester. Together with 'The Fox', he felt the joy of promotion to the Premier League to create a fairy tale together Ranieri, Vardy, Drinkwater, and his colleagues in the Premier League this season.