Gaston Ramirez's agent Pablo Bentancur has revealed that Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka threatened to quit the club if the playmaker joined Leicester.
Ramirez handed in a transfer request and was the subject of an offer from Leicester during the January transfer window but Middlesbrough held firm and refused to let him leave.
And Bentancur, who admitted that it was a battle to get Ramirez out of Middlesbrough, revealed how serious the situation was at the Riverside Stadium.
Bentancur told TMW: 'I was working to bring Ramirez to Leicester, Ranieri and Eduardo Macia wanted him strongly.