Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers is delighted counting on Jonny Evans.

Rodgers has revealed that the club's move to prise Evans away from West Bromwich Albion for just £3.5m could well be the transfer "deal of the century."

"I think for me, where I was at an advantage, I've known Jonny as a young player, obviously from back home, and saw him move across to Manchester United with his family," Rodgers told the Belfast Telegraph.

"You can tell Jonny's been brought up well by his mum and dad, they're a really solid family and he did fantastically at Manchester United but unfortunately for Jonny when he was there, when Louis van Gaal was there, he had a number of injuries.

"The he left for West Brom and then you saw a player there with his leadership qualities and defending and how he worked there."

He continued: "He did great, but I have to say, Leicester City got the deal of the century for £3.5m to bring in a player of that level.

"I saw one of his first games for Manchester United down at Chelsea at Stamford Bridge when he was up against Didier Drogba and he was absolutely immense that day, I think he was around about 19, and I thought, 'God, he can be a player'.

"And I was lucky enough to come in and inherit him [at Leicester], he was already at the club.

"His experience, leadership, his reading of the game, professionalism, what he's done to help Cags (Caglar Soyuncu) - he's like an unseen coach for him, he pulls him around, gets him into position.

He added: "He's a really inspirational figure for our squad because he's been up at the highest level and is then now helping this young squad."