Fofana training with youngster after Chelsea's attempt to sign him

has been training with

's Under-23s as

continue their pursuit of the French defender .

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that they have rejected Chelsea's bid for Fofana after the Foxes' penalty shoot-out win over Stoke Port County in the EFL Cup. He was absent from the 2-1 defeat against Southampton and Rodgers claimed that Fofana was mentally unfit to play and missed a training session last week.

Fofana is now training with Leicester City's under-21 team and has been away from the first team.

Rodgers said: 

"There was an offer gone in and it's been rejected," Rodgers said in a press conference, with reports claiming Chelsea's latest offer was worth around £70million.

"Apart from that, I'm not 100 per cent on the other details, because we were focusing on the game [against Stockport].

"He's training with the under-23s 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.

"He's a good kid, it's just been a really challenging situation for him. I've had it a number of times in my career where there's players who can deal with it, cope with it, get on, want to help their team-mates. There's others that just can’t deal with the distraction.

"Of course that distracts them and it's not quite right, and they miss a training session, then you need the full commitment from your players. These guys get well paid. The very least you can do is turn up. And if you don't, with all due respect, you can’t then just think you can walk into our group."

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