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​Leicester boss Shakespeare fearful of deadline-day deals

Leicester City boss Craig Shakespeare concedes that he is fearful of losing his key players in deadline deals.

Some of the big names in Leicester side have been linked with moves away from the club this summer. On top of the list lies Riyad Mahrez, who has already stated his desire to leave the club.

Danny Drinkwater has been linked with Chelsea while Kasper Schmeichel and striker Jamie Vardy are attracting interests from Liverpool and Atletico Madrid respectively.

He said: "Until we get the bids, we're never quite sure of the amounts, so I don't get involved in that too much.

"We're a club which doesn't need to sell, which is vitally important. We've got owners who want to keep the best players and add to what we have. Someone could make a bid and we'd turn it down and we just get on with it.

"Every manager's nightmare is to lose a player in the last 24 hours or on the day of the window closing and you can't get a replacement. I wouldn't sleep at night if all the scenarios that are put to me actually happened."

When asked about the latest update on AS Roma's interest in Mahrez, Shakespeare added: "I'm told it was well below the valuation. It could run to August 31 — but we wouldn't want it to."

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