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Ranieri 'confident' Leicester in good hands with Zieler

Kasper Schmeichel is set for a prolonged period out due to injury, but Claudio Ranieri is confident Leicester City will cope.

Claudio Ranieri is confident that Leicester City are in good hands with Ron-Robert Zieler as Kasper Schmeichel prepares for a period out with a fractured hand.

The Denmark international suffered the injury during Leicester's 0-0 draw with FC Copenhagen in the Champions League on Wednesday, but he continued to play and only came to realise the pain when in bed that night.

Schmeichel had surgery on his hand on Thursday and revealed that the procedure "went well", and though Leicester are unwilling to put an exact timeframe on his absence, he is definitely out of Sunday's visit of West Brom.