Ahead of their final fixture of the year against Liverpool at Anfield on Friday, Leicester City coach Brendan Rodgers has revealed that Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi will be getting a starting role for the club.
The former Genk midfielder has been in and out of Leicester and Super Eagles squads owing to injuries. So far in the Premier League this campaign, he has managed 10 appearances and accumulated 637 minutes of playing time.
The 26-year-old came off the bench for Boubakary Soumare but could not stop the Foxes from losing 3-0 at King Power Stadium to Newcastle United.
However, when the former Liverpool manager was asked how soon Ndidi could regain his starting role for the club, Rogers missed no word.
“Yes… he will [return to the starting XI], we have got a really busy schedule in January and I think for a while I have had a good sit down with him and a really honest conversation and he knows what have been in terms of the levels we want him to be and he has struggled with a number of injuries,” Rodgers told LCFC TV via Goal.
“So it is just the case of sometimes coming away from the team and working on the training field and just reset everything and I can see in training he has come with a lot of freshness back in his game, so there is no doubt in the coming weeks he will be ready to start.”
Dare Solomon
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