Adrien Silva completes his switch to Leicester City

Leicester City have confirmed the signing of Adrien Silva from Sporting CP.

Sporting CP have announced the £22million sale of the Portugal midfielder.

Although, FIFA rejected Leicester's application to register Silva after they reportedly missed the deadline by 14 seconds.

"Of course I had to stay positive. In our job, when you have a period like this it's very up and down," the 28-year-old told Leicester's official website.

"You have to keep a positive mentality and that's what I've tried to do. I keep my mind focused on my job and what I love to do.

"My team-mates have been great for me and keep pushing to keep my mentality up. They have been very important for me. I see a great future in front of us."

Adrien Silva says he has a 'great future' ahead of him at #lcfc  pic.twitter.com/DqmP7eQBBL

— Leicester City (@LCFC) January 1, 2018

Although, Silva is not eligible for the New Year's Day match against Huddersfield Town.

He could make his debut in Saturday's FA Cup third-round trip to Fleetwood Town.