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Brendan Rodgers is hoping to confirm that Filip Benkovic will stay with Celtic for the duration of this season.

The on-loan Leicester City defender, who joined the Bhoys on transfer deadline day after his £13million arrival from Dinamo Zagreb, has impressed at the heart of Rodgers' defence this season.

Benkovic has kept six clean sheets in seven matches in the Scottish Premiership , netting once.

And the Croatian's form has prompted City boss Claude Puel to decide he should remain in Glasgow until the end of the campaign.

"If we don’t have any problems with injuries for example, I would like my players on loan to continue their progress, to continue to develop, to take confidence and develop consistency," Puel said .

"For me it’s the right way for them and for us.

"I want players who are ready to play next season. It’s a fantastic opportunity for Benkovic to play and come back with strength and good quality for us.

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“For Benkovic there was a good opportunity for him to play regularly at a good level with consistency, and he has continued to improve, continued to work.

"I will be happy when he comes back to us after the normal time with Celtic.”

Despite Puel making it seemingly clear that Benkovic will stay with Celtic, Rodgers is after confirmation as his side go for their seventh straight title while aiming for Europa League progression.

We haven’t had confirmation of that but it would be great for Leicester, for Filip and for us [if he stayed],” Rodgers told the Glasgow Evening Times .

“I think he’s shown that, at 21, he’s a big talent and the whole idea of him coming here was to experience what it’s like at a huge club – playing, being developed and then arriving back at Leicester ready to play in the Premier League.

"Every challenge he’s had since he came up here, whether it was the Leipzig game or any other, he’s been first class in dealing with it. He’s a fantastic young player and it would be great to have him for the rest of the campaign.

“We have good relations with Leicester but it’s been a very delicate time for them so I haven’t been pushing anything with them. We haven’t been in contact with them since the unfortunate accident; we’ve taken a step back from it and we’ll address it at the right time.”