The Foxes manager Brendan Rodgers revealed this on Monday.
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During a summer where the Foxes have not made a first-team addition, it had initially been expected that Brendan Rodgers would look to keep the senior players in the dressing room.
Lookman, who is on a season-long loan to the Foxes from Bundesliga side, RB Leipzig, has had a mixed experience during his spell in the East Midlands not helped by his side’s oscillating form collectively.
Brendan Rodgers’s side were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with Everton last time out, while Steven Gerrard’s side most recently went down 4-0 to Tottenham Hotspur
Brendan Rodgers’s side come into the game on the back of a 0-0 draw with PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of their Europa Conference League quarterfinal, while the Eagles thrashed Arsenal 3-0 last time out.
The Leicester City manager has watched from the touchline as his frontman, playing in place of the injured Jamie Vardy, has tried a cute chip when through one-on-one in the last three outings, but failed to find the net each time.
The Foxes, who beat United 4-2 at the King Power Stadium back in October, have been forced to deal with a plethora of injury issues to key personnel throughout the campaign and lady luck does not appear to be changing for manager Rodgers. Their never-ending injury woes this term have contributed to their slide down the Premier League table, with the club set to miss out on a top-five finish for the first time since 2018/19.
The Nigerian midfielder sustained the issue in the Europa Conference League against Rennes last week and was nowhere to be seen in the Foxes’ 2-1 win over Brentford at the weekend.
The 35-year-old Vardy had recently returned from a hamstring injury when he sustained the knee problem in Leicester’s 1-0 win over Leeds in the Premier League on Saturday.
The City boss is hoping his defensive shield is at the club for “many, many years” as he gets set to be a subject of transfer interest again this summer, with Aston Villa the latest club to be named as a suitor.
The 24-year-old is currently on loan from RB Leipzig for the entire season, and he has been a crucial part of the squad since he made the move.
The team’s leading scorer this season was injured in a 1-0 win over Liverpool last week and was initially expected to return this month.
The former Manchester City man was the Foxes’ highest goalscorer last season with 19 goals and nine assists.
The 20-time champions of England relieved the Norwegian of his duties on Sunday morning, less than 24 hours after an embarrassing 4-1 defeat at Watford extended United’s slump to four losses in the last five Premier League outings.
The Red Devils announced on Sunday morning that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had been relieved of his duties at Old Trafford following the 4-1 defeat at Watford in the Premier League.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s position as manager of the 20-time English champions is in severe doubt, with the Red Devils going through a difficult spell.
Solskjaer’s position as manager of the 20-time English champions is in severe doubt, with the Red Devils going through a difficult spell
The Leicester City player has missed seven games during that time, but he was a surprise inclusion on the bench at the weekend for the defeat against Arsenal.
The midfielder picked up a hamstring injury last month during the Foxes’ 2-2 draw against Burnley.
The defensive midfielder has been left out of the Nigeria squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifying double header against the Central African Republic because of the injury, and Brendan Rodgers admitted it could see him miss out on the fixture at Selhurst Park.