Today’s Leicester City news roundup… National coach on struggling defender, Champions League ace nearly completed summer transfer & Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s new venture

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With the international break now in full swing, many Leicester City fans are enjoying a much-needed break from the terrors of this season.

Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side have an extremely difficult fixture list awaiting them after the break, which includes Carabao Cup champions Newcastle United and league leaders Liverpool, the odds are stacked against the Foxes.

With nine games to go, the Foxes are 19th in the Premier League table and are still nine points off Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Whilst 14 players head off on international duty, the rest will remain at the Seagrave training ground preparing hard for the next game.

So, with that, here is all of the latest news coming from Leicester City.

Denmark manager voices Jannik Vestergaard concern

Jannik Vestergaard has been in and out of the first team for the majority of this season.

Ever since Van Nistelrooy changed his tactics and went for a three-man central defence, the 32-year-old hasn’t been in the squad.

This has occurred not long after revelations about Vestergaard bringing his dog to training emerged but despite falling down the pecking order, he was still picked for Denmark’s Nations League squad.

• READ MORE: National team coach makes subtle Ruud van Nistelrooy dig despite calling up out of form Leicester star

Jakub Moder almost joined Leicester before Feyenoord transfer

Jakub Moder was part of an impressive Feyenoord side that knocked AC Milan out of the Champions League and rivalled Inter all the way before falling in the last 16.

Moder was wanted by Leicester and was seen as great, cheap option that would provide a quality addition in midfield.

That move never came to fruition though and the Poland international revealed just how close he was to joining the Foxes.

• READ MORE: Champions League player admits he ‘was very close’ to joining Leicester last summer

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall finds new role

Game time is hard to come by for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall right now but the former Leicester man is taking steps towards the future

The boyhood Foxes fan is now working on the PFA Sporting Directorship course, which is a hint at a role he may want to take up once he hangs up his playing boots.

That’s still a while away but who knows, maybe Dewsbury-Hall will be the one to replace Jon Rudkin.