Wesley Fofana is coaching with Leicester Metropolis’s under-23 group as Chelsea proceed with their makes an attempt to signal the centre-back.
Brendan Rodgers confirmed on Tuesday, after the Foxes’ penalty shoot-out win over Stockport County within the EFL Cup, that Leicester had turned down one other bid from Chelsea for Fofana.
The defender missed Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Southampton, with Rodgers saying he was not in the correct way of thinking to play and the Leicester boss revealed the 21-year-old had additionally didn’t report for coaching at some point final week.
Fofana is now coaching away from the primary group with Leicester’s younger gamers.
“There was a suggestion gone in and it’s been rejected,” Rodgers mentioned in a press convention, with reviews claiming Chelsea’s newest provide was price round £70million.
“Other than that, I’m not 100 per cent on the opposite particulars, as a result of we had been specializing in the sport [against Stockport].
“He’s coaching with the under-23s so he can get his soccer health and hold working. It’s so necessary at this stage to manage any type of distractions which may be there.
“He’s child, it’s simply been a very difficult scenario for him. I’ve had it quite a few instances in my profession the place there’s gamers who can take care of it, deal with it, get on, wish to assist their team-mates. There’s others that simply can’t take care of the distraction.
“After all that distracts them and it’s not fairly proper, and so they miss a coaching session, you then want the total dedication out of your gamers. These guys get properly paid. The very least you are able to do is flip up. And if you happen to don’t, with all due respect, you possibly can’t then simply assume you possibly can stroll into our group.”
Rodgers is now hoping for a swift decision both method, with the switch window closing subsequent week.
“After all if it occurs, the earlier the higher, as a result of it would permit us to do some work,” mentioned Rodgers, whose aspect have solely introduced in goalkeeper Alex Smithies on a free switch to date throughout this window.
Chelsea are additionally hopeful of signing Everton’s Anthony Gordon, with reviews on Tuesday suggesting the Blues can be keen to pay as much as £60m for the winger.
Everton supervisor Frank Lampard advised Sky Sports activities that “ideally” a swift decision can be discovered, although reiterated his stance on Gordon remaining a key participant.
