Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers has hailed Chelsea centre-back Wesley Fofana as a brilliant player.

Fofana joined Chelsea from Leicester City last summer in a deal worth £75million but only after he issued a strongly worded statement, in which he criticised Rodgers, and was reportedly ready to go on strike to seal his dream transfer.

Rodgers said: “I’ll be really pleased to see him, he was brilliant for me.

“He was a young player and I understand the game, what happened for him to get out, and the words that were mentioned, I know for a fact were not from him

“Our relationship was strong, we took a young guy out of a team who hadn’t played many games.

“He helped us achieve some great things here. He’s a hugely talented player and a really good young guy.

“I watched him the other night playing against Dortmund and you could see him getting back to his level.

“He was obviously injured in the early part of the season. He’ll be a brilliant player for Chelsea.”