{"id":30489,"date":"2020-09-28T15:45:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=30489"},"modified":"2020-09-28T15:46:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:46:06","slug":"leicesters-ndidi-could-be-out-for-2-3-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/leicesters-ndidi-could-be-out-for-2-3-months","title":{"rendered":"LEICESTER’S NDIDI COULD BE OUT FOR 2-3 MONTHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Nigerian star Wilfred Ndidi could miss \u2018six to 12 weeks\u2019 of action according to Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers.<\/p>\n

This is after the defensive midfielder picked up an abductor injury against Burnley 4-2 on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

Ndidi missed Leicester\u2019s 2-0 Carabao Cup Third Round defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Rodgers explained that the 23-year-old player sustained the injury during the 4-2 Premier League win over Burnley at King Power Stadium.<\/p>\n

Ndidi, who has played at centre-back in City\u2019s two 2020\/21 Premier League matches, could be out for two to three months.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just waiting to hear more on that, but he could be anything between six and 12 weeks,\u201d Rodgers told the club\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an abductor which may have come off the bone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s quite a nasty injury, so we\u2019re waiting to see if he needs an operation or not. If it\u2019s an operation, then he\u2019ll be at least 12 weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

This means Ndidi will miss Nigeria\u2019s upcoming friendly matches against Ivory Coast and Tunisia which will be played next month.<\/p>\n

He has played 36 international matches for the Super Eagles.<\/p>\n

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