Claudio Ranieri says he wants to keep Jamie Vardy at Leicester, and that the striker hasn’t yet accepted the offer from Arsenal.

Confirming that the Gunners are willing to pay the full release clause, believed to be around £20m plus add-ons to activate it ahead of specific date, the Italian told Sky Sports Italia that the 29 year old has made no decision yet either way.

“We want to keep him,” he said. “Arsenal have said they will pay the full release clause, but he hasn’t accepted yet. He gets the last word.”

So, not much more than we didn’t already know but it seems like Vardy is still deliberating, rather than having made his mind up one way or the other at this stage.

In your next Vardy update we’ll bring you news of how there’s only a tiny bit of new information which isn’t really new but more of a variation on a theme.

We can’t wait.