Harry Souttar has been dropped by Leicester City for the first time as his club, managerless and increasingly desperate, plunged even deeper into the Premier League relegation mire.
The Foxes' caretaker bosses, Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell, in their first and possibly last team selection following the sacking of Brendan Rodgers, caused surprise by ditching the big Socceroo defender, who had been omnipresent since arriving from Stoke at the end of the January transfer window for $26million.
A Rodgers favourite, Souttar instead had to watch a dismal 90 minutes from the Foxes on Saturday as they lost a relegation six-pointer 1-0 at home to fellow strugglers Bournemouth.