Injuries to Ricardo Pereira and Dennis Praet have left Leicester City so short of midfielders that Enzo Maresca joked he might have to come out of retirement at Sunderland on Tuesday night.Ricardo has been sidelined since the international break with a hamstring injury. . in training before the loss to QPR. It is a blow for City to lose such a key player, and for Ricardo as well, as the Portuguese overcomes long-term injuries to remain fit this season. He was just one league game away from the defeat against QPR.Then, 15 minutes into Saturday’s 2-1 draw, Dennis Praet limped off when he went down clutching his hamstring. With Wilfred Ndidi still back, City are left with just Harry Winks,
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Yunus Akgun in the three midfield roles with no backup. Maresca, a UEFA Cup winning midfielder with Sevilla during his playing career, joked he may have to dig out his old boots.READ MORE: Enzo Maresca accepts pressure as rivals step up.READ MORE: Jordan Blackwell’s Leicester. City v QPR player reviews\ n”Ricardo is injured and will be out after the international break,” the manager said. “Dennis got hurt again. I was a midfielder. I’ll probably be able to play half an hour and 45 minutes on Tuesday (against Sunderland) because we only have Harry Winks, Kiernan and Yunus at the moment.”Despite other absences from the squad, with Kasey McAteer injured and Jannik Vestergaard suspended,
Kelechi Iheanacho has not yet been place in the team. This is despite Maresca previously admitting he would offer something else to his other three strikers Patson Daka, Jamie Vardy and Tom Cannon.Maresca said: “Kele, like all players who are sometimes out the team, it is not easy because they are good players and deserve it. But we had Jamie on the bench and Tom on the bench so that’s it.”Do you make any changes to the City squad for Sunderland? Let us know Comments HEREREAD NEXT:Enzo
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