Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers reiterates stance that Chelsea target Wesley Fofana is 'not for sale'
- Simon Wilkes
- 18 August 2022
Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers says he expects Wesley Fofana to still be at the club next month, having already seen the club reject two bids for the defender from Chelsea.
Nothing fresh has arrived from Chelsea in the last fortnight and Rodgers has insisted that Fofana is not for sale.
"I don't think so far ahead, the idea is that he is a Leicester City player," he said.
"He is not for sale, the club have made that clear, unless anything changes he will still be here.
"Currently at this moment there is nothing new and nothing has changed from when we last spoke."
Ralph Hasenhuttl, meanwhile, says Southampton will be fuelled by a lingering grievance from last season's heavy loss at Leicester when they return to the King Power Stadium.
Saints were thumped 4-1 by the Foxes on the final day of the 2021-22 Premier League campaign after falling behind to a controversial James Maddison goal.
Hasenhuttl's side had been in possession when play was stopped early in the second half due to an injury to Jamie Vardy but referee Jon Moss then presented the ball back to the hosts, leading to Maddison capitalising.
"I still must say that I cannot follow what happened there at that time," said the Saints manager, previewing Saturday's clash.
"This was definitely decisive for this game. It's always a motivation when you lose a game but when you lose it in this way even more.
"The way was absolutely not right and not fair. We got punished for something that was not right.
"It's gone and we cannot win this game. But we can win this game on the weekend and this is the goal and this is why we're going there with all of the motivation we need to have."
Saints forward Che Adams will be fit to face the Foxes after suffering a minor injury in last weekend's 2-2 draw at home to Leeds.
Romain Perraud, Tino Livramento and Theo Walcott remain unavailable.
