Vardy set to stay as Foxes add to squad; Blanc to leave PSG

DEFENDER Luis Hernandez has joined Leicester City on a free transfer from La Liga side Sporting Gijon on a four-year contract.

The 27-year-old, who made almost 140 appearances during his four-year spell with Gijon, heavily featured for the Spanish side this season, making 36 starts as the club narrowly escaped relegation.

Hernandez becomes Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri’s second signing of the close season, following the capture of German keeper Ron-Robert Zieler from Hannover, as he hopes to build a squad ready to defend their league title.

The addition of Hernandez will provide competition to the first-choice centre-back pairing, Wes Morgan and Robert Huth.

LEICESTER striker Jamie Vardy is likely to turn down a move to Arsenal and stay at the Premier League champions, the north London club’s manager Arsene Wenger has said.

COACH Laurent Blanc will leave Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain by the end of the week, despite signing a twoyear contract extension in February, his agent Jean Pierre Bernes said on Monday.

Under Blanc, who replaced Carlo Ancelotti in June 2013, PSG claimed their second successive domestic treble last season but went out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Ex-Sevilla boss Unai Emery is being tipped to replace Blanc.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR have agreed to sign Southampton defensive midfielder Victor Wanyama for £11million, British media reported on Monday.

Wanyama heavily featured in the Premier League under Ronald Koeman, who was named Everton manager last week, making 29 starts as the club clinched sixth place to qualify for the Europa League.

MIKEL ARTETA, the former Arsenal captain, is joining Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City backroom team. Arteta, 34, rejected the offer of a coaching role at the Gunners’ academy.

LIVERPOOL defender Mamadou Sakho, 26, will discover in the next fortnight whether he will be banned by Uefa for failing a drugs test in March.

EVERTON have opened discussions about a £16m deal for Porto and Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar, 24.

ASTON VILLA’S new manager Roberto Di Matteo has made Bournemouth defender Tommy Elphick, 28, his first signing for £3m. – Reuters and Daily Mail