Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez not leaving Leicester – Claudio Ranieri

Manchester City, who started the season with five straight Premier League victories, have however failed to win more than two games on the trot in the league since.

Kompany has missed more than half of City’s league games this season, playing in nine out of the 19, and hobbled off within 10 minutes of appearing as a second half substitute against Sunderland.

“Nobody goes from Leicester. They have said they want to stay and fight until the end and build with me and the chairman and our fans a big Leicester”.

The Italian manager also expressed his delight at the unexpected turn of events this season: “This league is very insane…nobody wants to win the league”.

Ranieri could name an unchanged squad for the visit of Bournemouth on Saturday. We did 39 points in the first half (of the season) so in the second half we try to make 40 points.

‘We can continue at this level but one thing is to not be relegated and one thing is to be at the top of the league’.

When comparing their position to the wages paid out to players, the Foxes have paid just over £700,000 for every point they’ve secured in the Premier League this season. “I am sure they will focus on the task at hand and the boys want to be here and see it through”, he said.

Ben Chilwell, Tom Lawrence and Liam Moore are set to return on Monday from their respective loan spells and Ranieri said he would discuss what is best for them with Rudkin and head of recruitment Steve Walsh.

“Everyone is saying “top of the league, top of the league” but we are running a lot”. Bournemouth press well and they played very well at Arsenal.

“I think what we did is a miracle”, he said.

“On the positive side, it was important to come here and keep a clean sheet, which we’ve achieved, and we defended well as a team”.

Midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin added: “We know that if we can improve on the first part of the season, by scoring more goals and getting back to the strong defensive performances we had before the last few games, then anything can happen”.

A move to any other Premier League club could see Vardy’s form drop, with the players around him and the environment being completely different to the one Ranieri has implemented.