With a match against Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest coming up on Sunday, May 11, we assess the fitness of the Leicester City squad. The Foxes have suffered plenty of recent injury setbacks. In fact, up to five Foxes have seemingly been ruled out for the remainder of this season.
In addition to that, do any other convalescent players have prospective return dates within the campaign to help with the Premier League run-in? Not that anything is on the line for the King Power club. Nevertheless, momentum is desired on Filbert Way with the testing Championship to follow.
Furthermore, we wonder how Leicester could perhaps line up versus Forest if head coach Ruud van Nistelrooy went all out. Could the former Manchester United centre forward give further opportunities to youth to impress or solidify their places within the team ahead of next term?
How Leicester City may hypothetically line-up vs Nottingham Forest if starlets given chance
It is unlikely to happen, but the already proven to be youth-trusting van Nistelrooy might wish to see how his XI could look in 2025/26. That's if he's still the boss; a scenario which feels incredibly improbable right now.
City will definitely lose one or more of their top performers this summer, something which invariably occurs at the King Power. In relegation, that situation is sadly certain.
Therefore up-and-coming stars will probably be integral in division two, regardless of whoever is in charge at LCFC. Jakub Stolarczyk will be in goal anyway because Mads Hermansen has undergone surgery and is unavailable for a couple of months.
Bade Aluko may find himself involved in defence at some stage. Will we see Jake Evans or Jeremy Monga among the substitutes again? Midfielder Michael Golding will aim for more minutes too.
5 Foxes ruled out for season
Harry Winks supposedly won't play again under RvN. Winks is joined on the sidelines by Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Stephy Mavididi, Hermansen and Abdul Fatawu. Yet Facundo Buonanotte and Ricardo are hopefuls to return to face the Tricky Trees or for subsequent 2024/25 fixtures.