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Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri: We don't need superstars

Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri says he won't be shopping for superstars this summer.

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 choose 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."

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