Anyone who watched the Wout face at Leicester City will have been surprised to see him in this week's Champions League clash with Monaco. Keyes Quackman certainly shared that reaction.
He is talking about the former Leicester City defender today, Via Fein Online. And he couldn't hide his surprise at seeing the 27-year-old star in Europe's biggest club competition.
Faze has endured a disastrous spell at Leicester after arriving for a £15million deal in 2022 to replace Wesley Fofana.
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Signed from Reims on deadline day that summer, he made his debut in a 6–2 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur and despite that result initially looked like a smart signing.
He soon established himself as a key defensive figure, with Leicester keeping five clean sheets in their next seven matches.
He stuck with Fox through demotions and promotions, but he failed to win over fans.
Fans developed a love-hate relationship with the Belgian, whose Premier League spells featured a number of high-profile errors.
The biggest of them was two suicide goals in the defeat to Liverpool in 2022. Fan sentiment became increasingly unfavorable after the defensive performances by 2024 and 2025 were labeled ridiculous.
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Things eventually turned hostile, with Face being booed from the stands after scoring the winner against Sheffield Wednesday and Face responding by covering his ears to the Leicester fans.
He moved in the January transfer window, Joining Ligue 1 side Monaco. This means he is now in the Champions League, something that surprised Quackman this week.
"I see Voute face getting back in the lineup. He should have a really good agent," he said on ESPN's Voetbalprat.
"He was a hit every week at Leicester last year. Playing at that level doesn't mean you can't play football. But I find it remarkable that he's playing for such clubs."
Last year, he was disgracefully sacked with Leicester for diving under a ball every week, and now he is back at a good club.
