Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has revealed that he wants to keep most of the players who has helped the club get back to the Premier league next season.

After securing automatic promotion to the top flight, it has been rumoured that Leicester may decide to change the squad extensively. The club will receive as much as £ 100 million for getting promoted and a sizeable portion of this is expected to be reinvested in the squad. Pearson, though, says that he wants to keep faith in the players who have been responsible for promotion. As a result, there will be only minimal changes at the club.

Getting promoted automatically gives Leicester the opportunity to start negotiating deals right away rather than wait for the transfer window to open. This will give them a significant advantage over the likes of QPR and Watford, who are favourites to get promoted through the play-offs. The play-off way of getting promoted is not decided until May. Pearson has revealed that the club will be offering contract extensions to up to 7 players. This is in addition to the new contracts for players who are about to leave the club.

This includes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who has expressed his interest to sign a new contract.
“One of the important things was keeping the team together for this season, when we had gone close to promotion last time. I knew I wouldn’t be able to spend much but the important thing was keeping the players we had. What we have now at Leicester is a togetherness. And as a result of having a tight-knit unit, we have had a better chance of achieving our target. There is a real sense of unity here. I’m sure they’ll want to goto the next level – as a group,” said Pearson.