Ranieri warns players of Leicester exodus
Claudio Ranieri is ready to give his Leicester City squad a facelift in January after seeing the defence of their Premier League title go from bad to worse this season.
The Foxes were unlikely winners last season, with the likes of Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and Wes
Morgan starring as they finished ahead of Premier League heavyweights Arsenal in second.
But their title defence is not going to plan with just two wins from their last ten league games, leaving them 14th prior to their Midlands derby clash at Stoke.
Ranieri admits a lot of his players on the fringes of the squad have voiced their displeasure at the lack of playing time on offer this season, and the Italian has no plans to keep unhappy players – saying everyone can be replaced.
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“I don’t like to maintain players who are unhappy,” Ranieri said.
“This is my point of view – afterwards, there is the club. If someone goes, and we have to replace this or that player, we can get rid of him easily.
“But it will cost a lot of money to replace him with someone else. That is the balance we have to achieve.
“I want to help those players but at the end of the month, they take the money. They are professionals and it’s a business.
“There are rumours and everybody knows very well that if they are happy and want to stay with us and want to fight with us it is okay.
“If someone is not happy then they should come to me and speak and we will see what is best for the club.”
