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Leicester signs Switzerland midfielder Inler from Napoli

Claudio Ranieri insists he does not feel any extra pressure of nerves as manager of Leicester City.

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Ranieri will hope that Inler can add more steel to his midfield and to help offset the loss of Esteban Cambiasso.

He said: “It was very complicated but I wasn’t involved with all of the traffic”. The pragmatic approach did not last long, however.

“You put in the foundations, then get a first level and another level and so on until you have built something really big”. Inler is one of our foundations.

“The team [will] fight every minute and I like it because the fans want this. But after Maradona, everyone wanted to go to Napoli”, said Ranieri.

“He is calm, can keep possession, can pass and defend very well”. A team with desire and organisation, perhaps their best asset is the former-Juventus manger’s experience – something which will be extremely valuable as the season grows on. “Cambiasso was a story, but now we must write a new story”.

“It’s not important now to compare Esteban with Gokhan”.

He told reporters on Thursday: “Everything was flawless for me, with the coach [Claudio Ranieri], with the owners, the facilities, the club, the team”. He is an experienced player.

The striker spent time on loan in the Championship last season with Rotherham and could be heading out on loan again, with Blackburn, Brighton and Charlton all rumoured to be interested in the Wales Under-21 worldwide.

“But also duels and fighting I like”.

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Week two of the English Premier League continued to deliver the high intensity and drama that we have come to expect on a weekly basis.

Gokhan Inler