Rodgers confirms Leicester midfielder Barnes sidelined for six weeks | OneFootball

Leicester City midfielder Harvey Barnes will be sidelined for at least six weeks, manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed.

Barnes suffered a knee injury in the 3-1 loss to Arsenal on Sunday.

And Rodgers says Leicester's depth is being tested as the season winds down.

"It's not good news, it looks like he needs to go in for an operation, so it will be a minimum of six weeks," said Rodgers.

"I believe it's around his cartilage. He had a clash of knees a few weeks ago, so it has just been irritable. Today he's had a challenge right on it, has just made it worse.

"He'll need that repaired. He's had niggles with it, that's why we tried to recover him on Thursday, to take some pressure off him, but unfortunately it's a bad one for him, and a huge blow for us.

"I'll hear more on Monday, but initially that's what we think it is."

Rodgers added: "We now have to dig deep. We can't control the injuries but we can control the attitude and mentality of the team, and for that the players are absolutely brilliant. We'll do our very best with what's available until the end of the season."