Leicester are ready to make an official approach for Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers after ending the turbulent reign of Claude Puel.

Rodgers is the No. 1 target to replace Puel and Leicester are prepared to pay around £7.5million in compensation now to offer him a return to the Premier League.

Puel was dismissed on Sunday morning after seven defeats in the last nine games, after his final 12 months were played out against a backdrop of player unrest over his methods and training regime.

It can be revealed that after Leicester’s 4-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday, striker Jamie Vardy punched a dressing room door and suffered heavy bruising as anger mounted over another humiliation at the King Power Stadium.

Rodgers, 46, is understood to have already been tentatively approached by Leicester earlier this season, yet insisted he wanted to finish the season with Celtic.