Fresh Ricardo Pereira injury blow confirmed one game after Leicester City comeback
Latest Leicester City news as Ricardo Pereira’s injury nightmare handed fresh blow seven days after return
Leicester City defender Ricardo Pereira missed Sunday’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester United due to a minor muscle injury, Ruud van Nistelrooy confirmed.
Ricardo made his return to action in last week’s 1-0 loss to Chelsea after suffering a hamstring injury in November.
The right-back sustained the problem in the 1-1 draw against Ipswich Town, missing 19 games.
After his side’s 20th defeat of the Premier League season, van Nistelrooy revealed how the Portuguese had sustained another injury.
Asked if the 31-year-old was OK, he replied: “No, unfortunately not. He picked a small injury the day before yesterday [Friday].
“He tried it in training yesterday but he has a minor muscle injury. Hopefully it won’t be too long.”
Leicester are not back in action until Wednesday April 2 when they travel to Manchester City.
Van Nistelrooy was coy on his response if Ricardo would be back for the trip to the Etihad, answering “maybe” when asked on the likelihood of him returning.
Ricardo came off the bench in the 84th minute at Stamford Bridge last week and showed encouraging signs of returning to his best.
Last season, in the Championship, he played 45 times in all competitions as an inverted full-back under nzo Maresca.E
Unfortunately, his injury problems that have constantly stopped him from playing throughout his time at Leicester have reappeared this season.
Leicester City board blasted as ‘biggest’ problem identified after Man Utd defeat
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Foxes are staring at relegation from the Premier League
Leicester City’s recruitment since returning to the Premier League has been blasted.
The Foxes are staring at an immediate return to the Championship, after Sunday’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester United at the King Power Stadium left them nine points adrift of safety with nine matches left to play.
Speaking about the club’s situation on Match of the Day 2, pundit Troy Deeney said: “It is grim. I’ve been in relegation battles and you look at those games – Wolves, Palace, Fulham, Brentford – you’ve got to score in those games.
“You can take losing to Man United, Arsenal and Man City, but to not score… seven losses. They are letting in loads of goals and they’re not scoring goals.
“At the minute, whether it’s Van Nistelrooy, the board, whether it’s the whole team, but as a club nothing seems to be going right.
“They need to have a real look over these next couple of weeks at what they want to do moving forward and get that recruitment right in the summer because that’s the biggest thing for me, their recruitment has been all over the place.”
