Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri warns his 'sons' are not for sale

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Leicester City players warm up before the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on May 1, 2016.
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Claudio Ranieri has warned his champion "sons" are not for sale.

The manager of English Premier League champions Leicester City insisted his squad will not be broken up during the off-season.
Ranieri helped turn good players into superstars, including Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy and N'Golo Kanté.
Kanté is understood to have a £20-million release clause and is attracting interest from Arsenal, Juventus and Paris St-Germain.
There will inevitably be offers for the other miracle men, yet Ranieri had a warning for those players, claiming it would be a retrograde step to leave Leicester.
"My phone will ring during the off-season but I will say: 'Do you have enough money to buy my players?' I would like to maintain all of them," he said. "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 a few years.
"You maybe change a team and go in the big teams, maybe you don't start very well, you slow down. It is important to choose well for the lads because now for me as well, the lads are my sons. If they come to me I say this: 'Be careful'."
Leicester will lift the trophy after Saturday's game against Everton and finish with a guard of honour from Chelsea a week later.
Ranieiri has been quick to rule out the prospect of Leicester challenging for the title next season. When asked if he thought Leicester could repeat the feat, he replied: "No. I think no, but of course we want to continue to build."
The 64-year-old said Leicester's target next season would be to finish "in the top 10".