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Leicester to press on with talks for highly-rated Luton Town defender Justin

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Leicester City will continue talks with Luton Town this week as they look to conclude a deal for highly-rated full-back James Justin.

The 21-year-old has had interest from Stoke City and Aston Villa but has indicated he is willing to join Brendan Rodgers who will give him the chance to develop behind Ben Chilwell and Ricardo Pereira.

Leicester did have an interest in Reece James of Chelsea, who suffered a badly sprained ankle playing for England U20s against Chile on Friday, but the Stamford Bridge club are reluctant to sell.

Justin, who was named in the League One Team of the Year, has one year left on his contract with an option and Luton would be looking for around £5million.

Rodgers wants to bolster his options for the forthcoming season with Manchester City retaining an interest in Chilwell.

Leicester remain in talks over a deal for £40m-rated Monaco midfielder Youri Tielemans who has attracted enquiries from Manchester United though Tottenham, who have been linked, are not in for the Belgian.

The Monaco midfielder impressed since joining the Foxes in January and the French club are likely to cash in on their asset this summer as they look to make a sizeable profit having captured him from Anderlecht for around £21m.