Abdul Fatawu’s three-word request to Leicester supporters has split fan opinion, ‘You can’t be…’

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Leicester City are just three games into the 2025/26 season, and one of their players has already issued a rallying cry to the fan base.

The Foxes lost 2-1 to Preston North End on Saturday in the Championship, with starlet Jeremy Monga breaking Jude Bellingham’s Championship record. Despite that pleasing milestone, Leicester are still without a win in a competitive fixture since their Premier League relegation.

Amidst the threat of a points deduction, it has been a summer of saving for the Foxes at the King Power, with Mads Hermansen leaving for West Ham and Wilfred Ndidi and captain Jamie Vardy also departing. Marti Cifuentes could still lose Bilal El Khannouss, who wants to sign for Crystal Palace.

With the off-field chaos rumbling on in the background, 21-year-old Abdul Fatawu put himself forward to ask for the fans to ‘stick’ by the players after their loss in Lancashire.

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Abdul Fatawu tells Leicester fans ‘we need more’ after Preston loss

Taking to Instagram the day after the loss at Deepdale, Fatawu opened up on how it felt to see Leicester fans leaving the ground early.

Posting a snap before the game, he wrote in the caption: “So disappointed about the game yesterday. But as we say and believe that Foxes never quit, then is too early at this stage of the season seeing fans leave the stadium so early when we are down by one.

“This is the best time we need you. You can’t be celebrating wins with the team and don’t want to lose with the team. This is a game of football and you can’t be winning every time. We need everyone in both sides so you can be proud to celebrate victories with the team.

“This is the time to stick together, to be strong, to make this team get what they deserve.”

A final three-word request at the end of his statement summed up Fatawu’s feelings.

“Thanks to all the travelling fans for your amazing support but we need more,” the 21-year-old added.

It didn’t take long for the winger’s post to get noticed by the Foxes fan base, and his plea to the supporters has had mixed reviews.

Some have welcomed his honesty with open arms, including one fan who said: “Interested to see the response to Fatawu’s post about yesterday’s game. It’ll frustrate some fans, who spend their hard-earned cash to follow the team.

“But at least he shows a genuine passion and desire to be better, rather than the same empty words written by a PR rep.”

“There are seriously people having a go at Fatawu for speaking the truth?” a second said. “Give it a rest, I’m glad he has come out without any PR clamp on him and spoke exactly what he thinks. Good on him.”

A third added: “Fatawu is correct. We as fans need to support #LCFC during the 90 minutes better. The ownership, people in charge & some players history doesn’t make that easy to do, but we need to put agendas to the side & back them.

“We want to win games & we have more chance if we back them.”

The post, which already has 7,000 likes at the time of writing, has attracted some criticism though.

“That Fatawu [post] epitomises the state of the club at the minute. He’s the least of our issues but should realise the backlash they get is absolutely justified Hopefully a massive reality check for those that still somehow fail to see the real issues,” one said.

Despite being the one to speak out to Leicester fans, Fatawu himself has been linked with a move elsewhere too.

Leicester winger Fatawu no longer linked with move to Everton

The Ghana international has made 58 appearances for the Foxes since joining on loan in 2023 and then permanently last summer.

Reports last week stated the former Sporting Lisbon forward is on Everton’s list of targets this summer.

However, according to Sky Sports reporter Rob Dorsett, Everton have been put off by Leicester’s valuation of the player, who is fit and flying again after a knee ligament injury led him to miss the second half of last season.

The Foxes paid the £14million (€17million) release clause put in by Sporting Lisbon last summer, and his contract runs until 2029.

His words certainly suggest he is committed to getting Leicester back on track, and they’ll need to pull together to add more wins to their tally.