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Leicester Mercury
|January 13, 2026
WILL CIFUENTES RECALL BELGIAN DEFENDER IF VESTERGAARD IS UNABLE TO PLAY AT COVENTRY?
MARTI Cifuentes will have to decide if he reinstates want-away defender Wout Faes in the Leicester City squad at Coventry amid injury concerns over Jannik Vestergaard
City's medical team will be assessing Vestergaard this week after he twisted his ankle in the cup win at Cheltenham, with the manager left worried by the immediate swelling.
If the Dane is not fit to travel to Coventry, then there's a call for the manager to make.
Faes, right, has not been included in any matchday squads since the transfer window opened, with the Belgian seeking a move this month in order to revitalise his World Cup hopes.
Cifuentes said last week that he hoped to finish the January window with a squad that is "100 per cent committed".
This story is from the January 13, 2026 edition of Leicester Mercury.
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