Rodgers urges Leicester not to recall Benkovic in January

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has issued a transfer plea to Leicester City, asking the club not to recall Filip Benkovic in January.

As reported by the Daily Record, Rodgers urged the Premier League side to allow the player to remain at Parkhead for the rest of the campaign in order to continue his development.

They (Leicester) are within their rights to assess it but let’s hope he stays. They have a few young players out on loan playing. (Harvey) Barnes at West Brom and Filip here.

They are getting games in their legs and you see the value of Filip to us. He’ll continue to play and he’s been superb for us.

Leicester boss Claude Puel has confirmed that recalling the Croatian defender is not in their immediate plans, but he also refused to rule out the possibility of their stance on a return changing over the coming weeks.

Benkovic has been impressing at the heart of the Celtic defence since making the loan move to Scotland.

The Croatian has been a consistent figure at the back and Celtic are keen to ensure he sees out the season.

Despite signing a season-long loan deal, the Premier League side do have the option to bring him back to the King Power in the new year.