Leicester City will take their case to the High Court if their appeal hearing over the sacking of midfielder Dennis Wise does not go their way.

The club were set to defend their decision to sack Wise after the Football League's Disciplinary Committee ruled not to accept a termination of the player's contract.

But Leicester will now have to wait until September 18 to argue that they were right to sack Wise for serious misconduct after an alleged incident which resulted in a fractured cheekbone for team-mate Callum Davidson.

A Foxes spokesman said: "We're not happy at all. The reason the initial August 28 date was never confirmed was that Wise's people wanted more time to prepare their case.

"Now we've found out it's been put back three weeks because the QC chairing the case is on holiday.

"We were offered September 17, but that was a match day, so it was not possible. But our stance is clear - the player is sacked. We will take it to the High Court if we lose the appeal.

"The Football League's Disciplinary Committee agreed with us last time that Wise was guilty of serious misconduct, but simply did not agree that sacking was a suitable punishment."