Leicester City are hopeful Wilfred Ndidi will be able to feature against Bournemouth despite being substituted at half-time in the 4-0 victory over Nottingham Forest.
Ndidi did not re-emerge for the second period at the King Power Stadium on Monday night, with Boubakary Soumare taking his place. Brendan Rodgers confirmed after the game that Ndidi hurt his hamstring, the same injury that had seen him withdrawn from Nigeria duty during the international break.
But while he was substituted, there are no concerns that it will rule him out for an extended period. He will now fight to be fit to travel to Bournemouth this Saturday.
“He felt his hamstring a little bit,” Rodgers said about Ndidi. “We think he’ll be okay. He came out of the international break with that, so we just needed to protect him.”
Unlike previous seasons, City have enjoyed a fairly clean bill of health so far this term, and Rodgers will have nearly all of his squad to choose from at the Vitality Stadium. Like Ndidi, Patson Daka had been a doubt for the fixture with Forest because of illness, but he was able to feature, and score, off the bench.
If Ndidi recovers in time for the weekend’s game, it will mean City have just two players on the sidelines. Ricardo Pereira is now out of his protective boot as he recovers from an Achilles tear, while Ryan Bertrand is still on the road to recovery from a knee injury he suffered last Christmas.
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
