Leicester City coach Brendan Rogers has confirmed that star midfielder Wilfred Ndidi will be out of action for weeks following his recurring hamstring injury.
Ndidi failed to come out for the second half of Leicester’s 4-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Monday, after aggravating the injury he gathered while with the Super Eagles camp for their international friendly against Algeria in September.
“Wilf Ndidi will probably be out for a little bit. He came back from international duty with a minor hamstring strain,” boss Brendan Rodgers said ahead of their weekend game against Bournemouth.
“He recovered well, but he felt at half-time on Monday it was sore again. He will miss a few weeks.
“Papy Mendy has an issue with his knee so he will struggle for the weekend. Everyone else should be fine.
“We don’t think it’s longer term, he just had a clash of knees in training and it came up swollen.
“The doctor and medical team said this morning it is highly unlikely he will be involved in the weekend but will hopefully join the team after that.”
Having played Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham in their horror start to the campaign, Rodgers is now looking for his side to push up the table with a kinder run of games, starting at the Vitality Stadium.
“I said before Monday night’s game, we’d had a tough run of fixtures, but this run before the World Cup gives us a chance to accumulate points and very quickly we could find ourselves in the middle of the table,” he said.
“We’ve put a plan together. We need to take the energy into our next game.”
