Leicester City have named their released players list.

Davide Lorenzo is one of nine players to be released by Leicester this summer.

The forward, handed a contract at City after a chance meeting with the club's late chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, has seen his deal expire alongside the likes of title-winners Shinji Okazaki and Danny Simpson.

Lorenzo had been in Juventus' youth set-up as a youngster but had travelled the world − from Switzerland to Norway to Belgium and the USA − in search of a professional contract.

After a deal with a lower-league French team broke down, the 25-year-old started working as a waiter in Nice, where he served Khun Vichai, says the Leicester Mercury.

After explaining his story to the Thai businessman, Lorenzo was offered a short-term contract at City, and has been training with the Under-23s this season.

Joining Lorenzo, Okazaki and Simpson in heading for the exit are several key members of Steve Beaglehole's Under-23s squad, including defensive midfielder Lamine Kaba Sherif and full-back Louis Ramsay, who only joined from Norwich last summer.

Goalkeeper Max Bramley, who spent the first half of the campaign on loan at non-league Telford, has also left, as have Kairo John-Edwards, Habib Makanjuola and Alassane Meite.

Four scholars complete the list of released players: Dylan Bollard, George Heaven, Joszef Keaveny and Harrison Myring.