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Wes Morgan has started seven games for Leicester City this season.

When City brought in Jonny Evans, Caglar Soyuncu and Filip Benkovic during the summer, at a total outlay of £35million, the 34-year-old may have been forgiven for thinking he would struggle to start that many games before the beginning of October.

However, with Benkovic packed off to Celtic on loan to gain experience of British football, where he is doing very well, and Soyuncu taking his time to adjust to life at his new club following his move from Germany, Morgan has been vying with Evans for the starting spot alongside Harry Maguire.

An injury in pre-season meant Evans was behind schedule coming into the season and Morgan got the nod to start on the opening day at Manchester United.

Evans started against Wolverhampton Wanderers but looked rusty and Morgan returned. After picking up a suspension in the disastrous defensive outing at Bournemouth, Morgan has again returned and produced strong displays in back-to-back clean sheets at Wolves in the Carabao Cup and at Newcastle United last week.

Morgan may be coming to the end of his City contract, but manager Claude Puel says he has seen a determination and intensity from his captain in training that wasn’t quite there last season, which he believes has been inspired by the competition.

“For Wes, the intensity of his training sessions is better than last season, it’s a challenge for him,” said Puel.

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“We have competition in the team around him and he is a competitive player, but it’s a good thing to maintain that competition among themselves, and to give us a good options.

“It is important to have good options for the future. I’m happy for Wes because he works a lot.

“Wes has the experience and he knows himself very well he can make a difference.”