Middlesbrough head coach Aitor Karanka has warned Premier League champions Leicester they will not get want-away midfielder Gaston Ramirez on the cheap.
Karanka confirmed that the 26-year-old Uruguay international has handed in a transfer request, and that the Foxes have had a bid for his services rejected as he faces a battle to hang on to a man the Teessiders worked hard to sign on a permanent basis during the summer.
Karanka said: "Yes, he's handed in a transfer request, but the offer that we received is not good enough.
"It's more than difficult, it's frustrating because he was calling us to play here last season.