News from bet365 stadium as Stoke City prepares for a trip to Leicester City without 10 players
Stoke City does not rule out the possibility of recruiting free agents as they face a series of injuries.
Alex Neil could head to promotion favorites Leicester without 10 players this weekend, including five defenders, although the manager was generally reserved in his pre-match press conference .
Ben Wilmot and Ki-Jana Hoever limped out of Stoke’s midweek match with Southampton, joining Lynden Gooch, Michael Rose and Enda Stevens in the treatment room.
Gooch and Rose are nursing minor injuries to their hamstrings and groins respectively and it remains to be seen whether this match is too soon while left-back Stevens has been sidelined since injuring his calf leg while he was on duty in the Republic of Ireland during the recent international break.
Under-21s defenders Luke Badley-Morgan and Ian Kamga are also injured, as are centre-back prospects Matty Baker and David Okagbue, who are out on loan at Newport County and Walsall respectively and cannot be recalled outside transfer windows anyway.
Under-21 defenders Luke Badley-Morgan and Ian Kamga are also injured, as are prospects Matty Baker and David Okagbue, who are on loan at Newport County and Walsall respectively and are unlikely to be called up anyway.
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Andre Vidigal (ankle), Ryan Mmaee (hamstring) and Tyrese Campbell (hamstring) are absent from the frontline while Emre Tezgel (quad) is strengthening the U18 squad.
Midfielder Lewis Baker continues his rehabilitation after pre-season knee surgery.
Stoke have considered adding the free agent to their squad because of the deadline and ongoing discussions.
Neil said:
“Anyway, that’s what we discussed.
This is not something that has been abandoned, it is something that we have been discussing for weeks now.
We will come back to this issue.
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