Hull bid for keeper Schmeichel rejected as Leicester demand more than £3.5m



Leicester City have laughed off an improved £1.75m offer from Hull City for keeper Kasper Schmeichel.

The Foxes are under no pressure to sell one of their prized assets and are looking for a fee in excess of twice that which has been tabled by Tigers' boss Steve Bruce.

Bruce has known Schmeichel Jnr, 26, since he lived almost next door to his father, Peter, when the pair played together at Manchester United.

Up the stakes: Leicester are looking for an offer more than double the £1.75m that Hull have offered for keeper Kasper Schmeichel



However, despite a huge financial loss of almost £30m in the last financial year, the club's Thai owners have pledged continued investment.

Schmeichel himself is settled in the west Midlands and would need to uproot his family in search of his dream of following in his father's footsteps and playing regularly once more in the Premier League after a breakthrough earlier in his career with Manchester City.