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Brendan Rodgers insists Leicester's clash with Newcastle WILL go ahead this weekend even though at least SEVEN players are unavailable amid a Covid outbreak at the club

Brendan Rodgers insists Leicester's Premier League clash with Newcastle on Sunday will go ahead even though he has at least seven players unavailable amid a coronavirus outbreak at the club.

A combination of Covid-19 and other illnesses left the players, who included Ademola Lookman, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ayoze Perez and Daniel Amartey, unable to travel to Italy for Thursday's 3-2 Europa League defeat by Napoli.

There are already doubts about whether next Thursday's fixture with Tottenham, whose game at Brighton on Sunday has been postponed after eight players and five staff tested positive, will go ahead due to the situation at Spurs.