Premier League champions Leicester City have announced signing incredibly-rated defender Ben Chilwell to a new 5-year deal on the club.
Chilwell had been a area of curiosity for a number of high flight golf equipment this summer time, with Liverpool strongly linked. But the Foxes have moved to tie their participant down with a new contract.
A assertion on the club's internet site read: "Leicester metropolis football membership is delighted to announce that defender Ben Chilwell has signed a new lengthy-term contract with the premier League champions."
“It’s first rate news for us," mentioned manager Claudio Ranieri, who led the Foxes to their first-ever most efficient League title back in may.
"Ben is a player with a large future and i am very comfortable that future might be with Leicester metropolis.
“Ever seeing that I arrived in Leicester, Ben has been a young participant that has shown various promise. He has all the attributes you may want in a defender and shows a number of maturity for a participant of just 19.
“He has come back for pre-season in excellent and is already showing that he's in a position to push for a place within the staff.”
The 19-year-old has come to be one of the crucial exceptional younger defenders in England, and Leicester will certainly remember this a big deal, given the fact that Chilwell had been so sought-after these past few months.
The deal was sealed on the membership's pre-season coaching base in la, where England's champions will face France's champions Paris Saint-Germain in the worldwide Champions Cup on Saturday.