Brentford have rejected a £15million bid for Leicester City for hot prospect Chris Mepham, according to journalist Pete O’Rourke.

Brentford have rejected a £15million bid for Leicester City for hot prospect Chris Mepham.

According to Evening Standard, Brentford refuse to sell Chris Mepham to Bournemouth or Leicester City for less than £15million.

Mepham, 20, is highly-rated at the club and Brentford believe his value will continue to rise in the future.

Although, Brentford will fight to keep Mepham and they will demand as much as £20m for the young defender who has shown he will be key to their promotion chances in the Championship.

The hot prospect played the full 90 minutes in the club’s impressive 5-1 opening day win over Rotherham on Saturday.

Last season, the central defender is already a Wales international after he managed to make 21 Championship appearances and made a name for himself.

About Chris Mepham –

Chris Mepham signed Brentford as an Under-16, making his way through to the Under-21s.

The young defender was awarded his first professional contract in the summer of 2016, playing in three of the first team’s friendlies before the start of that season’s campaign.

He put pen to paper on a two-year extension to his deal on 6 January 2017, then made his professional debut a day later during Brentford’s 5-1 FA Cup win over Eastleigh.

In the summer of 2017, Chris made his international debut for Wales Under-20s. He played one game in their Toulon Tournament campaign, where the Welsh remained unbeaten but were eliminated in the Group Stages.