Leicester players have revealed that they started an ultimately unsuccessful WhatsApp group to try to convince N'Golo Kante to stay at the club this summer.
Kante was the only high-profile departure - signing for Chelsea for £32million - from the champions who defied odds of 5,000/1 to complete the most unexpected title win in Premier League history last season.
Speaking to ahead of the Foxes' opening game, Leicester players Danny Simpson, Marc Albrighton and Christian Fuchs explained the lengths they went to in an attempt to keep the squad together.
Marc Albrighton revealed the group but insists 'you can't stand in a player's way'
'Obviously you want to keep the same squad and same group of players, but it's up to the individual,' conceded Simpson.
'There was a WhatsApp group, but if the player wants to leave then you can't stand in his way,' revealed Albrighton.
'He got a lot of messages, everyone wished him well... before we deleted him out of it,' added Simpson.
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