Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is set to join striker Jamie Vardy as the highest-paid player in Leicester City's history.

The Premier League winner is close to agreeing the £100,000-a-week deal that kept Vardy at the club, although Schmeichel has been offered a five-year contract compared to Vardy's four.

Claudio Ranieri, despite losing midfielder N'Golo Kante to Chelsea this summer, is looking to keep hold of the star players who secured a memorable top-flight title triumph last season.

Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is close to agreeing new £100,000-a-week deal

Schmeichel, pictured in pre-season duty with the Foxes, has been offered a five-year contract

SCHMEICHEL STATS 2015-16 Appearances: 38 Clean sheets: 15 Minutes per goal conceded: 95 Goals conceded: 36 Saves: 99 Save percentage: 73.3 Premier League stats only Advertisement

And after Vardy snubbed interest from Arsenal to commit his future to the King Power outfit, the Denmark international looks set to follow suit.

Schmeichel, son of Manchester United legend Peter, kept 15 clean sheets as the Foxes stunned the football world to win the Premier League.

He also finished the season as the only goalkeeper to play every minute of every Premier League game.

The 29-year-old has two years left of his current deal and can point to how the Foxes' amazing run to the title began when he was restored to the side 10 games from the end of the 2014-15 season.

Only a Cesc Fabregas penalty at Chelsea in the last match of the 2015-16 campaign stopped him adding to his record of 20 clean sheets in 48 matches since.

Ranieri's Premier League champions will now reward the Denmark international for his performances with a bumper new deal.

Schmeichel is set to join Jamie Vardy (pictured) as the highest-paid player in the club's history