Leicester eye £55m pair

LEICESTER are lining up a £55m swoop for Islam Slimani and Adrien Silva from Sporting Lisbon,

The champions have had a £30m bid rejected for Algerian forward Slimani, with Sporting holding out for £34m. Midfielder Silva was part of the Portugal squad that won Euro 2016 and has a release clause of £25m. Slimani wants to link up with his international team-mate Riyad Mahrez.