Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers says Caglar Soyuncu remains outside his plans ahead of today's clash with Crystal Palace.

The Turk has not played in the league since the defeat to Tottenham at the end of the last campaign, and he has not even made the bench for the past four matches.

Rodgers said: "There's a lot that goes on behind the scenes that people would be unaware of. Cags is a good man and it's been hard for him.

“Again I go back, when I came in here he was fourth-choice centre-half. He had the chance then and did really well in that first season. I think it's then probably been a mixed bag for him.

“But what you're always looking at is the two. When you're putting centre-halves together, it's about the two, it's not about two individuals. They've got to work together.

“Cags has come in and has had various injuries, he's had moments where he's not been able to train and has been out of the team. But then of course, we had Wesley Fofana and Jonny Evans for a good part of that.

“He's there, he's working, and if we feel then that he's in that right moment to come in, we will do that. But you can only judge on what you're seeing in training. But him, his professionalism has been superb, but you've just got to always pick the team that's the best collective."