Tony Cottee has implored Leicester City to ensure they continue to be a Premier League club for the foreseeable future.

The Foxes exited the Champions League at the hands of Atletico Madrid tonight 2-1 on aggregate after a 1-1 second leg draw.

The performances of the reigning Premier League champions in Europe have showed that Leicester are a quality side and Cottee is eager for his old club to move away from the relegation zone and establish themselves in England's top flight.

"Leicester have got to take great confidence from what they've achieved and take great confidence from the fact they've given one of Europe's best teams a real good go," he said on Sky Sports News HQ.

"They have got to take that form into the last five games they've got this season to make sure they are mathematically safe.

"What they have proved to themselves tonight and over the last five or six weeks is when they play their best players they are a good team, not a team that should be fighting relegation.

"That's something they should take into next season and make sure they don't have to fight relegation. They need to be a mid-table team with the players they've got."