This is Leicestershire --Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has reiterated that Wes Morgan is not for sale after rejecting a new bid for his skipper.
Pearson was responding after Nottingham Forest had tabled a second bid of up to £2million.
The new bid was apparently made late last week, despite City's manager saying earlier he wouldn't be selling him.
Morgan arrived at the King Power Stadium from Forest for £1m in January 2012 and last season was voted Player of the Year and made it into the Championship Team of the Year.
Pearson made it clear that Morgan is going nowhere.
"Wes isn't for sale," he said. "They (Forest) have made a couple of bids but that is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned. I have said before I want to try to keep the squad together.
"If bids come in then there will be questions asked. But I'm working to try to get the team prepared for the season.
"I can't do anything about what other people do. All I can say is that we don't have any intention of selling him.
"What you get with these situations is external influences trying to destabilise us as a football club and ask some questions.
"It happens, I'm sure I'll get asked again, but it is what it is and I think I have made my position quite clear.
"I don't really take much notice of it to be perfectly honest. I'm more concerned about how it affects the squad and I certainly don't want the fans to be concerned about us."
The summer has been a quiet one so far at the King Power Stadium transfer-wise with City the only club in the Championship not to have signed anyone.
Pearson told the Mercury last week not to except major changes and admitted that the Financial Fair Play regulations were a huge factor in this.
But he hinted that there may still be some dealings, both in and out of the club, before the transfer window closes.
"I'm not suggesting that we aren't going to do some business," he said.
"I've already made the point about Financial Fair Play implications and we may do some business but we will be looking to bring players in as well.
"I want to try to build on what we've developed so far in terms of the squad and then we'll go from there." Reported by This is 20 hours ago.