Leicester City have held initial talks over a possible new contract for Leonardo Ulloa to raise the prospect of the Argentine striker extending his stay at the King Power Stadium.
Ulloa has one year left on current terms and was expected to leave Leicester this summer after threatening to go on strike during the January window.
But circumstances altered when Craig Shakespeare replaced Claudio Ranieri and the new Leicester manager values the 30-year-old highly and wishes to secure his future.
Ulloa was incensed when Ranieri refused to sanction a transfer away in January and went public with his anger when the club rejected a bid from Sunderland worth £7.