Apostolos Vellios will not be joining Leicester City on loan despite falling down the Everton pecking order recently.

The ambitious Championship side had been preparing a loan offer for the 20-year-old Greek, with a number of first-team forwards currently unavailable at the Walkers Stadium.

But with former Blue Jermaine Beckford winning an appeal against his sending-off at Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend, subsequently seeing his three-match ban quashed, Foxes boss Nigel Pearson has cooled his interest in Vellios, who will continue to fight for his Goodison Park place.

Source: Liverpool Echo