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Enzo Maresca on Reece James:

"He felt something small. Hamstring. It's a muscle problem. We don't want to take any risks for this weekend. Yes [short-term]."

"Excited and thankful [to return to Leicester], because it was a fantastic season. They [the owner and family] are fantastic people. They care..."

"We can attack better. We can defend better. There are only five clubs who have conceded less. So in defending, we are probably doing quite well. We are going to concede goals until the end. I don't know why people are thinking we defend badly..."

"A target for the future to have [Palmer and Felix] play together. Joao is doing fantastic with us since day one, the only problem is to find the balance..."

"The ones that are going to play [against Leicester] are not going to be 100% because they are human beings. Hopefully we can find the right balance..."

"To be honest, we played Arsenal. I left for one week. So I don't know the conversations between the club [and England about Colwill and Palmer's withdrawals]. Some of them are better, some we will test today. Overall, they are much better."

"I know it's not easy, but if every time [James] gets an injury it becomes harder for him it's, for me, even worse. He has to accept and try to avoid as much as he can. Sometimes things happen even if you want to avoid. Hopefully he can be available the next one."

"It was two days ago [he felt something]."

That’s all from the gaffer for now!

Enzo Maresca has arrived for his pre-Leicester City press conference.

Apparently there’s a press conference this afternoon. It’s coming up shortly…