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Leicester City have not finished trimming their squad with Rachid Ghezzal, Adrien Silva and Fousseni Diabate all likely to leave before the end of the month.

Striker Islam Slimani joined Monaco on loan this week and he will not be the final player through the King Power Stadium exit door, with Brendan Rodgers confirming that he expects further departures before the European transfer windows close on September 2.

Neither Ghezzal, Silva nor Diabate have featured in the matchday squads for the opening two games of the campaign and have been deemed surplus to requirements as Rodgers looks to streamline his squad for the season.

Silva is on course to join Slimani at Monaco with Rodgers confirming multiple suitors for the Portugal international.

Rodgers said: “There has been (interest in Silva) and I think there will be for a few of our players who want that opportunity to go out and play.

“There has been interest in Adrien and one or two of the other guys.”

The City boss has also confirmed that Ghezzal was one of those likely to head for pastures new, the Algerian winger playing just 19 minutes under the Northern Irishman last season.

Fellow wide-man Diabate spent the second half of last term on loan at Turkish side Sivasspor and so has not featured at all under Rodgers.

“I’d seen a bit of (Diabate),” said Rodgers. “I’d done my homework on him.

“It’s one of those where he is a talent, but there are others ahead of him. You can only have so many. We’ve got Harvey (Barnes), Demarai (Gray) and Marc Albrighton.

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“It’s difficult for the likes of Diabate and Rachid because there are players in front of them.

“There will be, in the next few weeks, opportunities for these guys to go and play.”

Defensive-minded midfielders Papy Mendy and Daniel Amartey also haven’t featured since the competitive action started.

Both have been linked with departures but they are not certainties to go.

On Mendy, Rodgers said: “Hamza (Choudhury) has done very well. Wilf (Ndidi) has done very well. I don’t need three defensive midfielders (in the matchday squad).

“The issue with Daniel is that when he was out (with a broken ankle sustained last October), there were other guys that have jumped in front.

“He’s still a very valuable member of our squad and having been out for a period of time, he hasn’t been able to train fully all of the time. With the ankle problem that he had, there’s still a bit of soreness there from time to time.

“He’s training very hard, working very well, so that if the opportunity does come, he’ll be ready to take it.”

Rodgers has spoken to all of the players that are not in his plans and believes it is in their best interests to leave.

That was the case with Slimani, who has joined Monaco on a season-long loan, with the French club holding an option to buy.

“I just think Islam is at the age where he will want to play,” Rodgers said on the Algerian’s exit.

“He came back in from the Africa Cup of Nations and we had a long chat. It was very cordial, there were no problems but he wants the opportunity to play.

“We have other players in the position that can cover, so it makes sense for both that he goes and gets games.”