Chelsea are set to submit an improved offer for defender Wesley Fofana, according to reports.
The Blues are keen to add defensive reinforcements to their squad after losing both and Andreas Christensen on free transfers.
Defenders Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella have been brought in, but the club want to bring in Fofana as well.
Chelsea have already had three bids rejected by the Foxes for the 21-year-old, with the latest an offer worth £60million plus an extra £10m in add-ons.
Leicester are still holding out for in excess of £80m, which would be a world-record fee for a defender.
According to the , the Blues will make a fourth offer of £75m to try and land Fofana.
The centre-back was dropped from Leicester’s squad for last weekend’s Premier League defeat to Southampton, and Brendan Rodgers has confirmed the player will not be available again this weekend for the meeting with Chelsea.
When asked earlier this week if Fofana will feature against Chelsea, Rodgers said: ‘He won’t be available for the weekend. He has trained with our Under-23 squad.’
And on whether he expects Chelsea to return with a fourth bid for Fofana, Rodgers added: ‘I’m not sure. It’s not my concentration. I can’t lose energy thinking so much about it.
‘It’ll be between the clubs. We have to continue to work with what we have.’
Chelsea will be looking to bounce back from their 3-0 defeat to Leeds United last weekend when they host Leicester at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
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