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Blaise Bourgeois·24 September 2020

Brendan Rodgers confirms Wilfred Ndidi could miss 'up to 12 weeks'

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After suffering an abductor injury in Sunday’s win over Burnley, Leicester City manager Brendan Rodger confirmed midfielder and makeshift centre-back Wilfred Ndidi will miss a significant period of time.

Should Ndidi require surgery, the Nigeria international could miss three months, which would see him absent all the way until the festive season.

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“We are just waiting to hear more on that, but he could be anything between six and 12 weeks,” he said.

“It is an abductor injury – it may have come off the bone which could be a nasty injury, so we will wait to see if needs an operation – it does then it will be 12 weeks.”

First-placed Leicester City will be back in action on Sunday to defend their unbeaten Premier League start when they travel to Manchester City.

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