Arsenal have suffered yet more frustration on the transfer front after top target Riyad Mahrez penned a new deal with Leicester City.
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Riyad Mahrez ended speculation of a move to Arsenal by signing a contract extension until 2020 on Wednesday, and Ranieri is certain that Drinkwater will do the same, despite reported interest from Tottenham.
Jamie Vardy is likely to have added motivation for this evening’s fixture after turning down an offer from Wenger to join the London club but Ranieri wants all his players fired up.
I’m happy to continue my adventure with Leicester City. The result of that: past year, I defended like a insane person.
“It was a game of top-level intensity and I believe we responded well to last week’s disappointment”, Wenger said. They are hoping to make amends when Arsenal visit the King Power stadium for their second game. He said: “‘We want to build again and I don’t want to go”. “All the players have said congratulations”.
Now 18, the Poland Under-18 global has yet to make an appearance in the Premier League for Arsenal.
Both signed new deals with the side who finished up as shock Premier League champions last season.
Vardy scored against Arsenal home and away last season and will look to carry his form to the Emirates this season in search of first points of the season for his club.
Arsenal’s injury list is ever-growing as Oliver Giroud, Laurent Koscielny and Ozil face a race to be fit after reaching the latter stages of Euro 2016.
With Robert Huth returning from suspension, Claudio Ranieri has his full squad to pick from. King made his debut in 2007 and has won Sky Bet League One, the Sky Bet Championship and the Premier League with the club.
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“We got caught cold in the first 15 minutes of the second half physically because Aaron was injured and Alex Iwobi was injured, so we were very diminished”.
