Leicester City of England midfielder, Wilfred Onyinyen Ndidi is bound o make his much-awaited return from injury with an appearance for The Foxes in the UEFA Europa League this Thursday, megasportsarena.com reports.
The former Racing Genk of Belgium star has been out with an injury that required surgery since September, but he now appears on track for only his third match of the season, and that should be in a continental fixture that will be without many of Leicester’s top stars.
Ndidi’s impending return comes at point The Foxes’ coach, Brendan Rodgers is set to take advantage of the respite that comes with Leicester qualifying from the Europa League group stage with games to spare as he prepares to rest some of his jaded players and bring back a key trio from injury.
Leicester guaranteeing themselves a place in the knockout rounds has allowed them to leave Kasper Schmeichel, Jonny Evans, Youri Tielemans and Jamie Vardy back in the midlands ahead of their penultimate Group G fixture in Ukraine.
The quartet have had a heavy workload as Leicester juggle domestic and European commitments this season but Rodgers is able to give them a breather ahead of their Premier League match at Sheffield United, live on Super Sunday.
A number of fringe players and youngsters will get the opportunity to impress against Zorya Luhansk on Thursday, when Ricardo Pereira is set to make his first appearance since March following his recovery from a knee injury.
His fellow defender Caglar Soyuncu and Ndidi are also set to make their comebacks after respective adductor issues, which is a welcome relief for Rodgers.
Rodgers said:”We’re enjoying the season and the challenge of the games so close but of course there’s a physical load on the players and especially with the number of players we’ve had injured.
“From time to time I’ve seen a little bit of tiredness in the team because some of the players are having to play so much because of the numbers we’ve had out.
“It just felt right to give them the rest. We don’t take the game lightly, we still brought a squad that we think can get a result for us to win the group. It’s good to give them that rest.
“To have the level of player coming back, especially from a defensive side, it just can get us back to working how we want to work, we’ve had to adapt over this period of the season in terms of our style and identity at times.
“To get those players back with the level of mobility and quality that they have is really going to help us. I can’t wait. It will make the squad super competitive when they do.”
