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Claudio Ranieri warns Leicester City stars: Keep playing well or I'll drop you!

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri has warned his title winners he is prepared to drop them.

The Foxes chief is even ready to leave out last season's 24-goal top scorer Jamie Vardy if the striker fails to perform in the wake of Islam Slimani's record £28million arrival.

The defending Premier League champions go to Liverpool on Saturday with Ranieri happy to include Slimani despite the striker having only linked up with his new club on Friday after he joined from Sporting Lisbon.

Ranieri also refused to rule out dropping last season's stars Danny Drinkwater, Riyad Mahrez and Kasper Schmeichel who helped win the title by 10 points.