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Claudio Ranieri defends Leicester's transfer policy despite battling relegation after spending over £60m

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.

Claudio Ranieri has defended Leicester City's recruitment policy in the summer
Claudio Ranieri has defended Leicester City's recruitment policy in the summer
Leicester broke their transfer record - first for Nampalys Mendy
Leicester broke their transfer record - first for Nampalys Mendy (left) and then Ahmed Musa
The champions broke their transfer record again for Ahmed Musa
The club then broke it again for striker Islam Slimani, paying Sporting u00a330million for him
The club then broke it again for striker Islam Slimani, paying Sporting £30million for him

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.