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Leicester midfielder Youri Tielemans is ruled out for up to six weeks after suffering ankle ligament damage against Arsenal... as Brendan Rodgers admits it 'will feel like six months when you lose a player of that quality'

Leicester City midfielder Youri Tielemans will be sidelined for as long as six weeks, manager Brendan Rodgers said on Tuesday.

The Belgium international suffered an ankle injury after coming on as a substitute in the weekend defeat by Arsenal and missed Tuesday's FA Cup loss to Blackburn Rovers.

'Youri will be out for six weeks. Six weeks will feel like six months when you lose a player of that quality,' Rodgers said on a bad night for the Midlands club.

'Sadly he's done the ligaments in his ankle.