'Praet didn't get lucky with any of the times he got injured'

Dennis Praet confirmed his departure from Leicester City just two days after lifting the Championship trophy with the Foxes, following a five-year stint at the club.

The Belgium international faced an uphill battle to become a mainstay under bosses Brendan Rodgers, Dean Smith and Enzo Maresca, after picking up multiple injuries which kept him out at crucial times.

Former Leicester winger Matt Piper has been discussing the midfielder's "bad luck" on the When You're Smiling podcast: "At the start of this season, Enzo was really looking at him and thinking he was his best option for the 'high eight' [position], to play alongside Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

"But then he got injured and Enzo played [Wilfred] Ndidi there for a few games. Clearly Enzo and his staff had worked with Ndidi in those kind of 'high eight' positions and they got what they wanted from him.

"The rest is history really - because Ndidi took to that role, especially in the first part of the season, like a duck to water.

"Dennis Praet must have been sitting on the bench thinking: 'What the heck is going on?' He must have been, because we all were. We didn't know what Ndidi had in his locker.

"So it is about whatever Maresca worked on with Ndidi and Praet getting that injury at that time - but that's what football is like.

"These are the times when people talk about needing an element of luck. I don't think Praet got lucky with any of the times he got injured or anything like that - it always went against him."

Listen to the full discussion on BBC Sounds