Leicester City is already done improving their team in the January transfer market as they compete for the Premier League title and a place in the Champions League next season.

The winger Demarai Gray signed from Birmingham for £3.75 million and made his debut in Sunday’s 2-2 FA Cup draw at Tottenham.

“The transfer market is finished for us,” he said. “I am only interested in my players and no one goes away. Business is finished. There is no temptation [to make a big signing to push for the top four]. You think with one big player we’ll arrive in the Champions League? Possibly, but you can’t be sure.

“Step by step we are building to try in the future to fight for the Champions League. Now this is a crazy league and we fight to achieve the maximum. There are three, four or five teams ahead of us. They are building and then slowly we arrive.”