Brendan Rodgers rues January decision as Caglar Soyuncu opens up on future

Papy Mendy has an important role to play as Leicester City look to make a late charge up the Premier League table but manager Brendan Rodgers has shared his “frustration” that the Senegalese midfielder won’t be able to help the club's bid for Europa Conference League glory.

Mendy made just his second start of the campaign on Sunday, impressing at the base of the midfield as City beat Brentford 2-1 to move back into the top half. He had replaced Wilfred Ndidi in the line-up after the Nigerian limped off at Rennes, with Rodgers revealing in his post-match press conference that he may miss the rest of the season because of a knee problem.

For the final 11 games domestically, Mendy will be available for selection because he was re-registered with the squad after the January window. But, he was not included in City’s European player list, and so Rodgers will have to find a different solution for the quarter-final legs against PSV Eindhoven next month. Read more here.

Caglar Soyuncu says he wants to stay in the Premier League as his Leicester City contract ticks towards its final 12 months.

The centre-back, who is now heading away with Turkey ahead of their World Cup play-off against Portugal on Thursday, sees his deal at the King Power Stadium expire in 2023, meaning a decision likely has to be made on his future this summer.

If he does not prolong his stay at City with a new contract, the club may think about selling him to avoid losing a valuable asset for nothing the following summer.

Coming to a potential juncture in his career, Soyuncu has said he wants to stay in the Premier League, where he is happy to be playing, and hopes to be a leading example of young Turkish players coming over to play in the division. Read