Brendan Rodgers has insisted that none of his Leicester players will be sold in January, as the club open contract talks with England international James Maddison.

Rodgers is adamant that he will be keeping all of his squad together in a bid to give the former Premier League champions the best opportunity of a return to European competition next season.

Maddison, Ben Chilwell, Jonny Evans and Caglar Soyuncu have all been discussed as potential targets by rival clubs but the message could not be clearer from Leicester’s manager, who has guided the club to second in the table. The club are already planning for the future after entering preliminary talks over a new deal with Maddison, who made his England debut against Montenegro last week.

Rodgers said: “We want to grow, and there’s a lot of development left in this squad. We’ve absolutely no plans to lose anyone in January. Our job is to keep what we have and if there’s an opportunity to improve the squad we will look to do that. If not, we will carry on with the squad we have, which is very strong.”

Maddison is understood to be on the radar of Manchester United after an impressive breakthrough in the top flight, and Leicester are keen to offer him improved terms, although the attacking midfielder has more than three years left on his current contract after joining from Norwich for £21 million.