Leo Ulloa is staying - Claudio Ranieri

Leicester City transfer news: Ulloa will stay, says Ranieri
By RobTanner | Posted: January 20, 2017

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Leicester City striker Leonardo Ulloa has handed in a transfer requesr
Leicester City transfer news: Ulloa will stay, says Ranieri

• Leicester City striker Leonardo Ulloa has handed in a transfer request

Claudio Ranieri believes Leonardo Ulloa will stay at Leicester City.
The Argentinian striker handed in a transfer request earlier this week after becoming disillusioned at City.
The 30-year-old is frustrated at his lack of opportunities in a side that is struggling in the Premier League, and also because many of his team-mates have been handed new contracts after last season's title success.
Ranieri said he didn't know if City would try to appease the targetman striker with a new contract offer, although sources close to the player state that a contract offer at this stage would be too late to convince Ulloa to withdraw his request.
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Alaves have submitted a transfer offer believed to be around £5million but that is below City's valuation of a player that has ultimately cost them double that figure. He was signed from Brighton two-and-a-half years ago.

City also rejected a much bigger offer in the summer for Ulloa.
Ranieri said if it was down to him Ulloa would stay but he admitted the club had to be happy with the final decision.
"I always said I don't want to keep players that are unhappy, but at the top there is the club," he said.
"Three must be happy; the club, me and the player. I like Leonardo, he is a good professional player. I have told them (the club) my thinking. Now I think he will stay. I want him.
"The contract is not my matter. I am a coach not the manager."

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Bit of a clickbait title as the last paragraph is the reasl story - CR want to keep him but if Ulloa want to leave then fair enough.

 

Sky reporting that the Alves offer was £1.7m. We declined £9m from Swansea and unsurprisingly consider £1.7 derisory.

 

For me Leo deserved a start after the Stoke game ... he's never let us down and I can understand his growing frustration...

 

Main reason is that he wasn't given a new contract - I bet he would have been sold in the summer if we brought in Slimani earlier.

 

Bids like that irritate me as they are just so stupid

 

The Daily Mail can come up with some tripe at times but great article about Ulloa online. If I could sort hyper links out I would post. says how dare Ulloa's agent question Ranieri after last season. Its trues too.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ar...-striker-Ulloa-nerve-taking-shot-Ranieri.html

 

I'm sure you've mixed yourself up there.

Alave have bid (and we've accepted) 1.7m for Luis Hernandez.

 

Malaga?

 

Alaves... Malaga... whose counting?

 

Apparently Alaves only bid £1.3M for Ulloa.

 

Tweet from Ulloa this evening
"Thanks to all the fans at LCFC. Two wonderful years but I need to feel like a footballer again."


No other stories regarding a move that I've seen.

 

An odd one there

 

Reports of a potential a £5m bid from Sunderland. Although it was in the daily mail!

 

B

but that's still £5m too low

 

Reports now suggest that it's an £11m bid.
We've stated we don't want to sell but it'll be interesting to see what we do now if there is a more realistic offer made.

 

Fair bid that for all involved

 

Is looking rather less likely now as Boro didn't get either Bojan or Snodgrass so are much less willing to let Rameriez leave and as a result we won't let Ulloa leave - also there is the threat of getting an offer we can't refuse for Slimani as well.