The 7 Leicester players who have tested positive for covid or are ill

Seven Leicester City players have tested positive for covid or have an illness, along with three Foxes staff members.

All football fans noticed and surely worried once they realised Tottenham Hotspur had confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease. There were breaks in Premier League play over the past two years of the pandemic, as well as ‘behind closed doors’ matches.

Spurs manager Antonio Conte spoke about the current issue with sincere distress during his Wednesday press conference. The Italian was upset as he explained the fact that he, his staff and their roster have families and there are more important things than football.

Yet the North London club’s game tomorrow in the Europa Conference League versus Rennes remains due to go ahead. That is in spite of 13 reportedly definite cases.

Later that evening it was announced by journalists following LCFC and their outlets that the King Power club have suffered some positive tests for covid and an unnamed illness which has sidelined seven squad members.

Below you can see for yourself that Leicester Mercury’s Jordan Blackwell revealed the names of the seven players who have not travelled to Naples with the east Midlands team. They include: Ademola Lookman, Daniel Amartey, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ayoze Perez, Filip Benkovic, Vontae Daley-Campbell and Jannik Vestergaard.

Leicester City’s tough test against Napoli in Italy

An awkward, difficult and possibly frustrating night just got potentially worse for Leicester as they prepare to face Napoli. Foxes of Leicester is of the view that you couldn’t make this latest development up, as they say.

But ultimately around four players likely to feature in the game are now unavailable due to a fresh covid outbreak. This will clearly damage Brendan Rodgers’ organisation before meeting the Serie A side. You can expect an extremely strong Foxes line-up, including Jamie Vardy.