Benkovic confident he is Premier standard

Leicester defender Filip Benkovic insists he is ready for the Premier League as the Foxes continue to fight to keep Harry Maguire.

Croatia international Benkovic worked with boss Brendan Rodgers while on loan at Celtic last term and is eager to make his mark at the King Power Stadium.

Leicester are determined to keep Maguire, who has been the subject of a £70million bid from Manchester United – an offer that fell well short of the Foxes’ valuation. Should Maguire leave, though, Leicester have Benkovic available after his treblewinning season at Celtic when he returns for preseason training following Euro 2019 with Croatia Under-21s.

“I believe in myself and I believe I can be in the Premier League,” he said. “I’ve made progress in the last FILIP BENKOVIC “It would be great to work with Brendan Rogers again.”

year. I had a lot of games at a high level – in Europe as well – but I think I still have a lot to add, to every part of my game.

“It would be great to work with Brendan Rodgers again because we had a very good connection at Celtic. He gave me a chance and I’m very grateful for that. I’m looking forward to next season.

“The plan is to go to prepare with the team and then we’ll see. I’ll go to Leicester and then we’ll speak, I’m quite relaxed.”

Benkovic helped Celtic win the treble treble last season as they claimed a domestic clean sweep for a third successive season.

He made 27 appearances for Celtic and now has the taste for silverware. “I’m 21, I’ve already won seven trophies and I was part of the treble-treble history at Celtic which was amazing,” he said.

“Tobepartofthatisevery player’s dream. I don’t want to stop, I want more and more. I want more trophies in the future.”