(Reuters) – Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi will miss the rest of the season after sustaining a knee injury throughout their loss to Stade Rennais in the Europa Conference League earlier than the worldwide break, supervisor Brendan Rodgers stated on Thursday.
Nigeria worldwide Ndidi has had surgical procedure and is anticipated to return to motion in June, Rodgers informed a information convention.
The 25-year-old missed Nigeria’s World Cup playoff, which they misplaced to Ghana on the away targets rule on Tuesday.
“It’s a disgrace for us however he’ll prepare for subsequent season,” Rodgers stated.
“He’s been an excellent participant for me in my time right here. He picked up a nasty injury that has needed to have surgical procedure on and he’ll get better now till June.”
Ndidi joined Leicester from Belgian aspect Genk in January 2017. He has performed 31 video games for the membership throughout all competitions this season.
Leicester, tenth in the Premier League, will journey to sixth-placed Manchester United on Saturday.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)
