Craig Shakespeare News

He is the second managerial casualty of the Premier League season following the dismissal of Frank de Boer from the Crystal Palace job.

Mahrez has been linked with a move to AS Roma but the 2015/16 Premier League champions had not been contacted by the Italian side about a transfer for the 26-year-old, he said.

Shakespeare, 53, was promoted from his role as assistant coach on an interim basis following the shock dismissal of Claudio Ranieri in February.

Shakespeare will be keen to restore Wes Morgan to the heart of his defence for the trip to Albion, where the Leicester manager played as a midfielder and cut his teeth in coaching.

Leicester are 15th in the league and sit just six points above the relegation zone with a trip to Arsenal due later on Wednesday.

Morgan, the Leicester captain and centre-back, has been sidelined with a back injury since mid-March and was again missing from the squad that drew 2-2 at Crystal Palace.

Vardy, whose vigour and form have returned since Craig Shakespeare replaced Ranieri, said getting at hiom he could just about handle but attakcing his family was another.

He is in the best form I`ve seen since I`ve been here, so I don`t see why not," said Shakespeare when asked whether Schmeichel -- son of Manchester United goalkeeping great Peter -- deserved to be bracketed alongside the Premier League`s star shot-stoppers.

Leicester, who are battling relegation in the Premier League, have now won all three games since Ranieri was sacked and replaced by Shakespeare

Shakespeare, previously a Leicester coach, took over after Claudio Ranieri was sacked last month -- less than a year after the Italian manager guided the 5,000/1 outsiders to the most improbable Premier League title triumph.

Shakespeare was promoted from his role as assistant following Claudio Ranieri`s sensational dismissal last Thursday, nine months on from Leicester`s 5,000-1 Premier League title triumph.

Vardy`s first-half opener was Leicester`s first league goal in seven games and made them the last team from Europe`s five major championships to find the net in 2017.

Ranieri`s former assistant admitted he felt uncomfortable when he appeared before the media on Friday and fielded a question on the timing of the Italian`s dismissal, amid claims of a revolt from senior players and a breakdown in his own relationship with his former boss.