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Young midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall could be handed his Leicester City debut at Brentford with the reigning development squad player of the season to travel to Griffin Park.

Dewsbury-Hall, a near ever-present in central midfield for City’s Under-23s this season, is likely to be on the bench for the FA Cup tie against the Bees.

City boss Brendan Rodgers said the 21-year-old, who grew up in Shepshed and has been with the club since the age of eight, deserved his call-up for his stylish, hard-working displays for the Under-23s over recent seasons.

Last term, Dewsbury-Hall followed in the footsteps of Ben Chilwell, Harvey Barnes and Hamza Choudhury by claiming the development squad player of the year gong, and he is now treading the same path into first team.

“We’ve got young Kiernan with us, he will come into the squad,” said Rodgers, who is expected to ring the changes with one eye on Tuesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at Aston Villa.

“He’s a really talented player. He’s been unfortunate that he hasn’t been involved before. It has been difficult for some of the young players, because there are other young players in the first team, and because of the level the team have been playing at.

“He’s earned it. He’s a boy who I’ve been impressed with.

“He’s a really good footballer, a stylish player. When he hasn’t got the ball, he’s hungry, he presses the game well, and then when he has it, he serves it, he can play, and he has good agility in the middle of the field.

“He’s someone I’ve liked and there are probably other players I would like to have taken that have done well. But at this moment we’ve got other players who are there.”

Dewsbury-Hall’s inclusion represents the first time Rodgers has called up a player from the Under-23s, but he said it could happen more often next season.

“It’s certainly something going forward, if we can get to European football next year, the cup competitions can be an opportunity for the young players to come in,” the manager added. “But they have to earn it.”

City will be one midfielder down for the next month-and-a-half after Papy Mendy was sidelined with a knee injury.

But Rodgers won’t be dipping into the transfer market to bolster his options.

“I think we’ll be okay with that there,” he said. “It would be a danger if there were any more [injuries], then we would have to look at it.

“Notoriously, I'll always have more midfield players because of how we play, and because they can play in other positions.”