Leicester City boss Marti Cifuentes has explained why James Justin, Ricardo Pereira and Victor Kristiansen missed Sunday's pre-season win over Fiorentina.

The three defenders were left out of the squad for the final friendly of the summer with Luke Thomas and Hamza Choudhury starting at full-back.

Pereira and Kristiansen have both suffered with minor problems during pre-season with the former's hamstring concern forcing him to miss last week's double-header against Karpaty Lviv and FC Koln while Kristiansen hasn't been seen since the win over OH Leuven.

Justin's exclusion from the win over the Italian top flight side was a surprise after featuring regularly throughout pre-season. There has been speculation of interest from the Premier League for the 27-year-old with Leeds United and

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