Having won the 2015-16 premier league title after fairy-tale run, Leicester City has boosted their squad before the new season begins. Below is the list of entire Leicester City squad for upcoming season and how their contracts stands going into the new season.
Leicester City earned £93m after winning the premier league and lucrative champions league will bring in extra cash. Leicester has their work cut out to keep their player of the year Riyadh Mahrez to stay with the club after N’Golo Kanté already left to join Chelsea. Since Leicester were promoted to Premier League their wage bill rose from £36.6 million in 2014-15 season to record £48.5 million last season.
- Ahmed Musa – £12m from CSKA Moscow
- Nampalys Mendy – £9m from OGC Nice
- Bartosz Kapustka – £5.5m from Cracovia Kraków
- Ron-Robert Zieler – £2.1m from Hannover 96
- Luis Hernández – free transfer
Leicester City has already offered contract extensions to Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy who were sensational last season. Both signed new 4 year deals to remain with the club till 2019. Vardy became the highest paid player in Leicester City ranks with £80,000 a week salary while Mahrez is making around £55,000 a week with his new deal signed back in August 2015.
| PLAYER | AGE | WEEKLY WAGE | CONTRACT LEFT |
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Kasper Schmeichel (new deal)
|
29 | £70,000 | 5 Year (2021) |
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Ben Hamer
|
28 | £10,000 | 2 Year (2018) |
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27 | £20,000 | 4 Years (2020) |
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Robert Huth
|
31 | £45,000 | 2 Year (2018) |
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|
26 | £30,000 | 4 Year (2020) |
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Wes Morgan
|
32 | £30,000 | 1 Year (2017) |
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Liam Moore
|
23 | £20,000 | 1 Year (2017) |
| Marcin Wasilewski | 35 | £20,000 | Last Year (2016) |
| Jeffrey Schlupp | 23 | £30,000 | 3 Years (2019) |
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Christian Fuchs
|
29 | £50,000 | 2 Year (2018) |
| Danny Simpson | 29 | £35,000 | 1 Year (2017) |
| Nampalys Mendy (new signing) | 24 | £50,000 | 4 Years (2020) |
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Daniel Amartey
|
21 | £45,000 | 4 Years (2020) |
| Bartosz Kapustka (new signing) | 19 | £35,000 | 5 Years (2021) |
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Danny Drinkwater
|
25 | £45,000 | 2 Year (2018) |
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Gökhan Inler
|
31 | £60,000 | 2 Year (2018) |
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Andy King
|
27 | £30,000 | 2 Year (2018) |
| Matty James | 24 | £35,000 | 2 Year (2018) |
| Marc Albrighton | 26 | £35,000 | 2 Year (2018) |
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Demarai Gray
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19 | £5,000 | 4 Years (2020) |
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Riyad Mahrez (new deal)
|
24 | £55,000 | 3 Years (2019) |
| Jamie Vardy (new deal) | 29 | £80,000 | 3 Years (2019) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 29 | £60,000 | 3 Years (2019) |
| Leonardo Ulloa | 29 | £40,000 | 2 Year (2018) |
| Ahmed Musa (new signing) | 23 | £60,000 | 4 Years (2020) |
Jamie Vardy said chat s*** get ba**** to the referee. What a sensational season by Jamie Vardy