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Shinji Okazaki of Leicester City is being linked with a move to Huddersfield Town.

The 32-year-old Japanese international is out of contract with the Foxes and is said to be interesting Town head coach David Wagner.

It's reported by The Telegraph that an initial Town bid for the former Mainz and Stuttgart player has been rejected.

Okazaki has been limited to fleeting substitute appearances at the King Power this season.

Since signing in the summer of 2015 for £7m, he has made 81 starts and 48 substitute appearances in all competitions and scored 19 goals.

Five of those came in a sparkling start to last season wit the club, when he grabbed the handful of goals in just eight appearances.

Okazaki - on the second Japanese player to collect a Premier League winners medal following Shinji Kagawa of Manchester United - played the last five minutes as a sub when Town were beaten 3-1 by Leicester at the King Power in September.

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The tricky attacker has made just one Premier League start this season, in Leicester's 1-1 draw at Brighton in November.

He started the EFL Cup matches against Fleetwood and Wolves earlier in the season and, most recently, was a starter in the FA Cup third round defeat by Newport County, when he was replaced by James Maddison at half time.

Town, of course, have added Jason Puncheon of Crystal Palace to their squad for the rest of the season, in addition to former Tottenham prospect Jaden Brown, while allowing wingmen Collin Quaner (Ipswich), Ramadan Sobhi (Al Ahly) and Rajiv van La Parra (Middlesbrough) to leave on loan.

They are trying to add further attacking reinforcements in a bid to mount a survival bid in the Premier League.