Leicester City Don’t Want Superstars – Claudio Ranieri

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri insists he will snub superstar signings after winning the Premier League.

The Italian also wants to keep his squad together and told them they will be kings if they stay at the new champions.

The Foxes, 5,000-1 outsiders at the start of the season, claimed an improbable title after Tottenham blew a 2-0 lead at Chelsea to draw 2-2 on Monday, leaving Leicester seven points clear with just two games left.

They have qualified for the Champions League but despite their new status, Ranieri will not upset the squad dynamic by buying big.

He said: “We don’t need the superstars. We need our players. You see [in January] we bought Demarai Gray, we bought Daniel Amartey.

“It’s the same, they have barely been with us not six months. I want to improve the squad without big stars but the right players.

“It is too early to say we need five, six, seven or eight players. We have to see, I would like to maintain all my players.

“But if one of my players says to me I want to go there, I try to keep him. I suggest to everybody this is a fantastic club, we won the title, we can do something good in our few years.

“If you go away you don’t know what happens, here you are the king. If you go away, what happens?

“It is important to chose very well for the lads because now for me as well the lads are my sons. Leicester in the long-term will go in a very high position.”