Leicester star Danny Simpson urges team-mates to remain with champions: 'I don't think they will get this spirit anywhere else'

• Leicester City secured a sensational Premier League title this season 
• Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy, and N'Golo Kante could leave this summer 
• Danny Simpson has urged his team-mates to remain at the King Power 
• The right back is adamant decisions will be based on more than money 

The major players in Leicester's incredible title triumph have been told they will not find greater team spirit or adoration from fans at any other club so should stay for at least one more season.

Danny Simpson believes the likes of Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy, and N'Golo Kante could play for any of Europe's top teams but the Leicester owners' ambitions can convince all to turn down moves away.

Leicester are determined to keep hold of their squad even though Vardy and Kante are understood to have release clauses worth £20million, as revealed by Sportsmail, and Simpson is adamant decisions will be based on more than money.

Danny Simpson (right) wants his Premier League title-winning team-mates to remain at the club next season

Star winger Riyad Mahrez (right) is among the Foxes players to be linked with a move away this summer 

Around 240,000 people turned out to celebrate Leicester's open top bus parade through the city on May 16 and the players were visibly moved by the huge crowd. Simpson believes such a showing is sure to make a significant impact on players' mentalities.

'I told a few of them that,' said Simpson. 'We know we have top players in the team. We have seen the rumours and there will be people interested, but at the end of the day I hope they all stay.

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'I don't think they will get this spirit anywhere else. Listen, you can go and play and win trophies at other teams but this group of players are so close and like a family. We hope we can keep dreaming and keep working hard.'

The right back added: 'I believe any of the players can go on to the top teams and play, but when the owners first took over they had a plan to get where they wanted to get to. We have probably done it a lot sooner than they wanted to but it is a special group of players and we want to kick on.'

Simpson, pictured with Andy King during their celebrations in Thailand, was impressive at right back this term

Leicester's England international striker Jamie Vardy is available to Champions League clubs for £20m

Simpson, the former Manchester United academy player, only has one year left on his contract and is poised for talks. He would like to commit his future to the club, having fulfilled an ambition to win the Premier League he thought impossible.

'When United won the treble I was that kid in the crowd,' he said. 'What was that, 17 years ago? I was only a kid and I will never forget that day.

'Now I'm the player on the bus and stage. I never thought I would be. To see kids in the crowd looking at me on the bus and stage is unbelievable.

'I hope in 17 years time they say they remember being in the crowd watching Leicester parade the trophy and they are doing it as well. I don't know how to take it all in but we are trying to.' 

The Leicester City players celebrate their incredible triumph after defying the odds to secure the league title