Leicester City are interested in signing Fulham captain Tom Cairney this summer, according to the Daily Mail’s Tom Collomosse.

The Foxes are poised to undergo a major revamp of their squad following relegation from the Premier League and believe the Scottish international to be a potential key player as they look to bounce back to the top flight straight away. The 32 year-old has won promotion from the Championship three times with Fulham but the prospect of the classy midfielder, who made 38 appearances and scored three goals as the Whites finished tenth in the top flight, is particularly remote.

Cairney, who is under contract until next June with Fulham holding an option to extend that deal by a further twelve months, is content at the Cottagers having seen his career – which looked in serious jeopardy following another long-term knee injury – revitalised under Marco Silva. The Nottingham-born attacking midfielder has made 283 appearances, scoring 43 goals and adding 32 assists, since signing for Fulham from Blackburn in July 2015 and the Londoners are not countenancing letting him leave this summer. Leicester would need to match his considerable wages as well as tabling a large enough offer to tempt Fulham into selling.

The experienced midfielder was utilised mostly as a substitute last term after injury, becoming the most used substitute in Premier League history by making 33 appearances from the bench, but finished the season in the starting line-up following Andreas Pereira’s ankle injury. Cairney scored twice against the Foxes at Craven Cottage in May – and is likely to play a crucial role in the coming campaign, even if it is initially from the bench.