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​Leicester fullback Chilwell: Huddersfield & Wagner shaped my career

Leicester City fullback Ben Chilwell is thankful to Huddersfield for helping his career.

The England star was on loan at Huddersfield during the first half of 2015/2016 and still remembers that time fondly, thanking the club and then manager David Wagner for pushing his career to another level.

Chilwell is now first choice at Leicester and being linked with a move to Manchester City.

He said to reporters: "Before I went to Huddersfield Town, I was more of just a young boy training with the Leicester City first team, coming off the bench every now and again.

"When I came back to Leicester, I'd played in the Championship and done really well, so I was coming back as more of a first team player trying to stake my claim."

Speaking about the impact of Wagner, he said: "He would tell you how he thinks you're doing, what he thinks you can improve on and show you clips, so you understood what he wanted from you.

"For me, there was one main thing he wanted me to do. When we had possession he didn't just want me to stay wide, he wanted me to get behind the back four and hurt the opposition like that.

"I've always wanted to be an attacking full back but when I went to Huddersfield he introduced me to different styles of attacking and told me the forward runs to make.

"When to make certain runs and when to stay back, so he kind of broadened my horizons about how to, attacking-wise, get the best out of me."

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