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Claudio Ranieri defends Leicester City's summer transfer dealings

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has defended the Foxes' recruitment policy as the champions battle relegation.

The Premier League winners are just two points above the bottom three despite spending over £60million in the summer.

After their shock title victory the club broke their transfer record three times by spending £13million on Nampalys Mendy from Nice, £16.6million on CSKA Moscow's Ahmed Musa and then splashing out £30million on deadline day to sign Islam Slimani from Sporting Lisbon.

Mendy has not played since August after suffering an ankle injury while Musa has started just five times in the league and only Slimani, with five goals in 10 games, has made an impact.