Leicester will likely be with out the returning Wesley Fofana for Sunday’s Premier League match towards Arsenal.
The defender has simply recovered from a damaged leg and was set to make his first begin of the season towards Rennes on Thursday evening, just for him to return a optimistic Covid check.
He’ll most definitely sit out the conflict towards the Gunners however may function subsequent week when the Foxes play the French membership within the return match.
“Wesley Fofana may be very a lot a doubt (for Arsenal), however we’ll hopefully have him again subsequent week,” Rodgers revealed at his pre-match press convention on Friday.
“He’s a really gifted boy, he’s are available, a younger man who’s not performed a lot… We paid some huge cash for him, relative, however we knew his expertise however he has are available and has been excellent. Nonetheless, he nonetheless has a whole lot of enhancements to make.
“He’s been actually unlucky with the damage that he has had. He’s labored ever so exhausting to get again, and hopefully, he’ll return very quickly.
“He’s tremendous, you see a number of circumstances prefer it the place folks with out even feeling that they had signs have examined optimistic. He’s getting bodily work in, and we’ll take it from there.
“(Rennes) would be the first sport hopefully he’ll be out there for, however we simply must assess that between from time to time.”
Fofana, who signed for Leicester in a £36.5m deal final summer time, made a promising begin to life on the membership, making 38 appearances in all competitions.
