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First Tottenham, now Leicester! Foxes are hit by their own Covid outbreak as Brendan Rodgers confirms SEVEN players are set to miss their crunch Europa League clash against Napoli

Daily Mail | December 8, 2021

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Leicester will be without seven players for their decisive Europa League clash at Napoli amid a Covid-19 outbreak at the club.

Ademola Lookman, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ayoze Perez, Daniel Amartey, Jannik Vestergaard, Filip Benkovic and Vontae Daley-Campbell have not travelled, along with three staff members, although not all cases are thought to be due to be Covid-19, with some players suffering other illnesses.

Leicester face Newcastle in the Premier League on Sunday and will continue to monitor developments ahead of that fixture.

Ademola Lookman will be absent for Leicester's Europa League tie away to Napoli on Thursday
Kelechi Iheanacho is another absentee and will not travel to Naples for the European clash

'You are starting to see a few more cases, and it's always been about the health of our players and respecting the country we're travelling to,' said manager Brendan Rodgers.

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