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Nigel Pearson has slapped Sean St Ledger on the transfer list after a Boxing Day bust-up.
Leicester manager Pearson will offload the Republic of Ireland international following a row before the 1-1 draw at home to Ipswich.
St Ledger was dropped from the starting XI in favour of Matt Mills, who had returned from a two-game ban. And the defender, 27, confronted Pearson and demanded to know why he had been left out – with his outburst also coming in front of Foxes vice-chairman Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn.
Pearson and Raksriaksorn have both decided to take drastic action by telling the £20,000-a-week star to leave the club in January.
St Ledger was a £750,000 capture from Preston by former Leicester chief Sven Goran Eriksson, but has made only eight Championship starts. No-nonsense Pearson is determined to stage a mass clear-out in January, with on-loan St Etienne midfielder Gelson Fernandes poised to complete a £2million move to Udinese.
Fringe players Bruno Berner and Michael Ball are also in talks to have their contracts cancelled.
And there could be other more high-profile casualties, with £2.5m striker Jermaine Beckford facing an uncertain future.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/tra...Day-row-with-nigel-Pearson-article847265.html
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