Leicester boss Ranieri reveals: I considered So

Koeman is hoping Jordy Clasie will be available for Saturday’s clash, with the £8m summer signing from Feyenoord yet to make a Premier League appearance.

As well as scoring Southampton’s third goal in the 3-1 victory at Chelsea prior to the global break, Pelle impressed with the winning goal in Italy’s recent 2-1 defeat of Norway.

Southampton will be without Shane Long after the forward injured ankle ligaments while on worldwide duty with the Republic of Ireland.

Claudio Ranieri has refused to rule out selling Jamie Vardy but insisted it would take megabucks to tempt Leicester.

“Ryan was a long time out [through injury], the match was on the artificial grass, and I asked, “Maybe it’s better for Ryan and not to play on the artificial grass”.

I was interested, but after that there was also Greece.

He said: “Leicester have had a great start to the season with a great experienced manger in Ranieri”.

“He’s a very complete striker, he’s not only physically strong, he knows what happens around him, has good technique, is tall but he’s not slow, his co-ordination’s very good”.

I think one of the strengths of the team is they play with very high intensity.

Meanwhile, Leicester could welcome Swansea loanee Nathan Dyer back into the fold after he recovered from a knee problem.

Both meetings between these sides last season ended 2-0 to the home team with a player scoring a brace (Long, Mahrez).

Vardy is contracted to the club until 2018 after signing a four-year deal last year and has scored five goals in his last four Foxes games. Only Michael Owen (six in 2003), James Beattie (six in 2003) and Daniel Sturridge (8 in 2014) boast a better record this century.

Leicester have scored and conceded in all eight of their league games this season.

Leicester got whacked by Arsenal, then go to Norwich, a hard place to go, and beat them.

– Graziano Pelle has missed the target from inside the box 18 times this season – twice as many as the next highest in the category (nine) from Aston Villa’s Rudy Gestede.