The Leicester City future of defender Sean St Ledger seems in doubt following comments he made before tonight's international with England at Wembley
The Republic of Ireland star is quoted, in the Irish press, as being told he is "surplus to requirements" at City and to try to find a new club.
St Ledger, who has a year left on his contract, made just 10 appearances for City last season during a campaign marred by a hamstring injury that saw him sidelined for five months.
He went on loan to Millwall at the end of the season where he played seven times, including in their FA Cup semi-final against Wigan at Wembley.
"I am surplus to requirements at Leicester," he told the Irish Independent ahead of his return to Wembley for tonight's international.
"They've said I'm not going to play too much next season and, yeah, to try to find a new club.
"I have to wait and see what happens. I'm happy at Leicester and wouldn't want to leave but when you are told that then sometimes you have to accept it.
"I haven't played much for the last two seasons. I'm 28 now, I want to play as much as I can, week in, week out, and if that's not going to be the case you have to accept that and move on."
St Ledger, who was signed by former City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson from Preston for £1.2million, said he sees these games for Ireland as an opportunity to impress potential suitors.
"There's no offers at the moment," he said. "We have four games now and obviously playing in England, it's a bit of a shopwindow and we will go from there.
"International football has been a release for me. I've been very, very fortunate to play so many games and, if I play tonight and hopefully play well, then we'll see what happens."
City declined to comment on the situation with St Ledger.
It is understood that central defence is an area City boss Nigel Pearson is looking to strengthen during the close-season, especially with Manchester United loanee Michael Keane returning to Old Trafford.
If St Ledger were also to depart, it would leave just captain Wes Morgan, Zak Whitbread and Liam Moore as senior centre-backs.
City were reported to be interested in acquiring the services of Blackpool centre-back Alex Baptiste, although the 27-year-old now looks set to sign for Bolton.
