Jamie Vardy has been given a breather from Leicester’s Europa League clash at Zorya Luhansk on Thursday as Ricardo Pereira prepares to make his long-awaited return.
With the Foxes’ place in the last 32 already secured, boss Brendan Rodgers decided to leave Vardy, Kasper Schmeichel, Jonny Evans and Youri Tielemans at home – but Pereira is expected to play his first senior match since damaging cruciate knee ligaments against Aston Villa in March, the final game before coronavirus halted the Premier League.
Wilfred Ndidi and Caglar Soyuncu are also expected to feature after recovering from injury and Rodgers said: ‘Ricardo is really excited about coming back and we’ll look to get him up to about 75 minutes against Zorya.