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Andy King signs new four-year contract with Leicester City

Andy King of Leicester City in action during the Premier League match against Sunderland
Image: Andy King is Leicester City's longest-serving player

Midfielder Andy King has signed a new four-year contract with Premier League champions Leicester City.

The 27-year-old is Leicester's longest-serving player, having made his debut for the club in October 2007, and has amassed 333 first-team appearances during that time.

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King has played for the Foxes at three levels of English football, winning League One with the club in the 2008-09 season and the Championship title in 2013-14.

He then made 29 appearances for Leicester last term and found the net on three occasions as they sensationally secured the Premier League title.

King is the only player in the Premier League era to earn league winners' medals in each of England's top three tiers with one team and has scored the most goals at King Power Stadium since it opened in 2002.

He is now looking forward to the 2016/17 campaign, fresh from reaching the Euro 2016 semi-finals with Wales, and says he is thrilled to be staying with Leicester until at least 2020.

"It is obviously massive for myself," said King. "It is something I have worked hard for and something I am really grateful that the club have given me.

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"Now I can really knuckle down and to know the club want me as part of their future is a massive reward.

"It means a lot. They have given me everything I have had in football and some of the memories and achievements which we have had together have been brilliant.

Leicester midfielder Andy King celebrates after scoring against Everton
Image: Andy King has scored some vital goals for Leicester over the years

"But we have to put last season to bed. It is important we don't just sit back and say 'oh, we achieved this last year, now let's enjoy it'. We have got to make sure that we knuckle down.

"We are going to be a scalp for teams next year, so we need to make sure we leave last season behind us, start a new season afresh, and make sure we keep working hard and keep moving forward as a club."

Jamie Vardy and Ben Chilwell have also signed new deals at the King Power Stadium this summer, as manager Claudio Ranieri tries to keep the bulk of his title-winning squad together, but midfielder N'Golo Kante has departed for Chelsea.

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