Slavia Prague v Leicester: predicted Foxes XI for Europa League game

Slavia Prague welcome Leicester City to the Czech Republic for a Europa League knockout clash. Here is FoL’s predicted Foxes lineup for the game.

After Slavia decided to insult the on-pitch Leicester captain and the city as a whole, this matchup should be an intense one – even in the first leg!

Prior to the match, Brendan Rodgers updated media on the fitness of his important Fox Ricardo Pereira. There are seven first team players currently unavailable for the boss:

"“He [Ricardo] felt a bit of tightness after the game the other day… he is coming back from a long injury and as much as we would love him to play every single minute, we have to be conscious of the games and his physical condition.“He will miss out on this one, but should be fresh and fine for the game at the weekend.”– Brendan RodgersVia Leicestershire Live"

The line-up we expect Brendan Rodgers to opt for, in that case, is: Kasper Schmeichel (captain); Dan Amartey, Jonny Evans, Caglar Soyuncu, Luke Thomas; Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans; Marc Albrighton, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes; and Jamie Vardy.

Among the substitutes should be some youthful prospects: 19-year-old Irish midfielder Shane Flynn, Portuguese starlet Sidnei Tavares, along with exciting midfield man Khanya Leshabela.

Leicester City transfer rumour

A transfer rumour for you now, one that won’t go away. Whether that means the speculation is realistic or tangible is another matter – possibly so. Anyway, Florian Thauvin to Leicester was supposedly off again recently as he supposedly closed in on a move to AC Milan.

However, a report carried by Sport Witness now states that the French World Cup winner is a possibility on Filbert Way. Partly because he laughed off links of him going to Real Madrid. Sevilla are another side connected with an interest in the winger; Cengiz Under’s uncertain future may affect any switch to Leicestershire.