Claudio Ranieri has told his Premier League champions to stay at Leicester where they are “kings”, reports the Mirror.
After their stunning title triumph PFA player of the year Riyad Mahrez, top scorer Jamie Vardy and midfield dynamo N’Golo Kante are being courted by bigger clubs.
But Ranieri said:“If you go away you don’t know what happens, here you are the king. It is important to chose very well for the lads because now for me they are my sons.
“If they come to me I say this: ‘Be careful’. Leicester in the long-term will be in a very high position.
“If you go away, what happens? It is much better to stay here one year more and look what happens, then maybe you can go anywhere.
“The Champions League is another important league to compare yourself to the other champions.
“You maybe change a team and go in the big teams but maybe you don’t start very well and stay outside the first 11, you slow down.”
Leicester will bank £93million from winning the title and are also in the group stages of the Champions League which will guarantee a further £30m in prize money and TV rights.
But when quizzed about his spending plans, Ranieri added: “We don’t need superstars, we need our players.
“I want to improve the squad without big stars but with right players.”
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