Fofana punished for trying to force moves to Chelsea from Leicester City

Leicester City manager, Brendan Rodgers in a recent statement disclosed that their defender and France international Wesley Fofana has been ordered to train with the Under-21s for trying to force a move to Chelsea.

This comes as the Foxes turned down a third bid for Fofana, worth £70million on Tuesday.

Fofana had a few days ago refused to train with the first team ahead of their 2-1 defeat to Southampton at the weekend and was left out of the squad as a result.

“He’s not training with the first team. He’s training with the Under-21s so he can get his football fitness and keep working.

“It’s so important at this stage to control any sort of distractions that may be there. I can only pick players who give that full commitment to play for the first team. If not, he trains with the Under-21s.

“He’s a good kid, Wesley, it’s just been a real challenging situation for him. I’ve had it a number of times in my career where players can cope with it and get on and want to help their team-mates.

“There are others that can’t deal with the distraction. That distracts them, it’s not quite right, and then they miss a training session.

“These guys get well paid, the very least you can do is turn up. If you don’t, with all respect you can’t just walk into our group. Day to day, he’s a good kid, but it’s been hard for him to deal with everything while he is in the right frame of mind. It’s been difficult for him to play.

“He didn’t turn up for training one day. That was last week, hence the reason for the weekend and not being involved,” Rodgers said.