Speaking exclusively to Football League World, Hendrie has urged Leicester to "brace themselves" for potential interest in Fatawu, with Premier League clubs circling the Ghanaian winger.

Hendrie said: "He's started the season well, he's the kind of player you can see one of those Premier League clubs maybe taking him.

"The position he plays and the way he's started, you know he's going to be a real big player for Leicester.

"You do look at the January window, and if he continues to have the success up to then, you fear that he's going to end up getting his head turned by the potential of a Premier League club coming in.

"Particularly the style of Premier League football, using wide players, fast, skillful, effective players like him.

"So they [Leicester] will really have to brace themselves for that because I think that will definitely happen if he continues to have this great form."

Having spent much of last season out with a cruciate ligament injury, Fatawu is back fit and firing for the Foxes, having netted two goals and grabbing an assist in the opening five games of the Championship season.

The 21-year-old former Sporting CP winger was the subject of a £28 million bid from newly-promoted Premier League side Sunderland, with the Black Cats having made a serious offer to bring Fatawu to Wearside.

However, the move never materialised, and manager Cifuentes later came out and told BBC Sport: "We want to keep key players, and Abdul is one".