Leicester City have joined Chelsea in the bidding war for Torino star Gleison Bremer.

Foxes manager Brendan Rodgers has stepped up plans to beef up his flimsy Foxes defence with Gleison, who is rated at £40million, says The Sun.

And Rodgers hopes to tempt the Serie A outfit into parting with their in-demand centre-back by offering them on-loan midfielder Dennis Praet to sweeten the deal.

Leicester officials met with their Torino counterparts while in Italy for their Europa Conference League clash with Roma.

Torino want Praet to return on loan next season because they cannot afford Leicester's £12.85million asking price.

The Foxes would prefer them to make the deal permanent and hope to persuade them to exchange the Brazilian powerhouse.