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Leicester legend Wes Morgan announces retirement at end of season with fellow Foxes hero Fuchs also leaving club

, Leicester legend Wes Morgan announces retirement at end of season with fellow Foxes hero Fuchs also leaving club

PREMIER LEAGUE winning captain Wes Morgan has announced his retirement from football aged 37.

The Leicester defender famously lifted the title in 2016 to cap the Foxes’ remarkable fairytale season.

Wes Morgan lifted the Premier League trophy with Claudio Ranieri in 2016
Popular defender Christian Fuchs is also leaving Leicester

Coming through the ranks at Nottingham Forest, he enjoyed a decade with his hometown club before a 2012 move to the King Power.

Morgan then led Leicester to the Championship and Premier League titles, as well as a first-ever FA Cup trophy earlier this month.

On Friday, the Foxes confirmed his decision to hang up his boots at the end of the campaign.

Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said: “Wes has been one of Leicester City’s greatest servants, leading the team through the Club’s most successful era and helping to set the standards that have pushed the Club forward.

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“A big brother to everyone he has played with, a strong representative of the squad and a valuable source of counsel to managers and senior executives in the Club, his contribution has been enormous.

“Wes has shown throughout his Leicester City career that he has a great deal to offer away from the pitch.

, Leicester legend Wes Morgan announces retirement at end of season with fellow Foxes hero Fuchs also leaving club

Wes Morgan (centre, right) led Leicester to their historic title win

, Leicester legend Wes Morgan announces retirement at end of season with fellow Foxes hero Fuchs also leaving club

Championship winner Matty James (right) is also leaving the club

“I’m excited to see how we can help him shape his career after football and how the Club can continue to benefit from his experience, knowledge and passion for the game.”

Morgan could make his 325th appearance for Leicester in Sunday’s final game of the season, at home to Tottenham.

The 30-capped Jamaica international won the club’s Player of the Season award in his first full campaign, and was also named in three Championship Team of the Year lists and the 2016 Premier League XI.

Leicester have also confirmed the release of Christian Fuchs and Matty James after their contracts expired.

Fuchs, 35, joined in 2015 and was the first-choice left-back of Claudio Ranieri’s title winners – famously filming the players’ reaction to being crowned champions.

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The emergence of Ben Chilwell and, more recently, James Justin has seen the Austrian feature less in recent years.

While James, 29, was a key part of the 2014 Championship winning team but has spent the past year on loan at Coventry.

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