Jutta Rantala and Lena Petermann – the club's two top scorers last season – are both currently sidelined, as is French striker Noemie Mouchon after repturing her ACL in October. Eiriksdottir may be able to fill the void left in Leicester's front line.

There's shades of the Randal Kolo Muani deal here, with Manchester United realising the same thing PSG did: The only way to stand any chance of one day recouping a decent fee for an unwanted player is to get him out on loan and playing first, in order to rebuild his confidence. But it's quite a turnaround from his €95m arrival.

A very good Friday morning to you and welcome to our live coverage of football’s January transfer window. This is the sole mid-season period where clubs can buy and sell players to deal with their injury issues, repair summer mistakes or find solutions for a new head coach.