Brendan Rodgers, the Leicester City manager, is poised to hold talks with Christian Fuchs over a new contract.

Fuchs is approaching the end of his current deal and Rodgers is keen for the defender to agree another 12-month extension and remain at the club.

Signed from Schalke on a free transfer in 2015, Fuchs was one of Leicester’s key men when they lifted the Premier League title a year later.

But the 33-year-old has previously revealed his intention to rejoin his family in New York, after helping devise a new 1,000-seater esports arena, while he also has plans to become a kicker in the NFL.

Fuchs has only made seven league starts this season, with England international Ben Chilwell seen as Leicester’s first-choice left-back.