LEICESTER star Wesley Fofana has requested that he is left out of the squad for their trip to Southampton amid interest from Chelsea.
Leicester welcome the Saints to the King Power on Saturday afternoon with Fofana set to not be involved.
The centre-back will be dropped by manager Brendan Rodgers while he tries to force a transfer to Chelsea.
Rodgers said he has not problem with omitting him from the side, when asked if he would be prepared to do so he said: “Yes, 100 per cent.
“If the players aren’t totally focused and committed to the club and being here, or for whatever reason just aren’t in the right mindset, that won’t help us.
“We have to ensure everyone is really focused in order for us to play the best game we can. I will always assess that after the sessions.”
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Fofana has been the subject of two bids from the Blues but both are below what the Foxes value him at and the offers have been rejected.
Leicester are demanding £85million for him with Chelsea reportedly ‘nowhere near’ that figure.
The Frenchman is supposedly desperate to leave and sees Chelsea as a “dream move” claims Fabrizio Romano.
Personal terms have been agreed for some time and the 21-year-old is waiting for Thomas Tuchel’s side to up their offer.
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Chelsea have been busy this summer and have been the league’s biggest spenders and today added talented youngster Cesare Casadei to their squad for £12.6million.
He joins the likes of Raheem Sterling, Marc Cucurella and Kalidou Koulibaly as new additions.
As for Leicester, they have made just one signing, Alex Smithies, who is expected to be a back-up goalkeeper.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
