Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United to lock horns for defender

Harry Maguire is likely to leave Leicester this summer as a host of Premier League rivals chase his signature.

According to The Sun, Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea - provided they can get their transfer ban overturned or delayed by the Court of Arbitration fo Sport - are all seeking to sign the central defender ahead of next season.

The England international will probably cost around £60m, but a bidding war could drive up the price and allow the Foxes to make an even bigger profit on a player they bought from Hull for an initial fee of £12m in 2017.

With such a high level of interest in Maguire, Sunday's home game against Chelsea will surely be his last in a Leicester shirt.

Manchester United attempted to acquire the ex-Sheffield United man after his excellent displays at the World Cup last summer, but Maguire signed a new contract at the King Power Stadium instead.

However, the 26-year-old is now set to depart for one of the Premier League's big six at the end of the campaign.

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Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).