Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is expected to miss the
FA Cup clash with Tottenham due to groin surgery, but the
club are confident it is only a minor problem.
The 28-year-old will undergo the procedure early this week
in order to correct a niggling injury which has proven
troublesome during the campaign.
Manager Claudio Ranieri had already been expected to
rotate his starting XI, meaning Vardy - who struggled with an
illness during the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool on Boxing Day -
was likely to be among those rested despite his insistence
over the weekend that he had no fitness fears.
"Never. Nah. I will be fine, no worries about that. I won't be
having a rest," he said.
"The illness last week has all gone now. I couldn't tell you
what it was. I was deteriorating by the minute and bed-
bound for a couple of days.
"I looked even worse the day after playing Liverpool. It took
the wind out of me completely. I couldn't do anything apart
from stay in bed."
Leicester have entered something of an attacking slump,
having failed to score in their last three matches, including
last weekend's 0-0 draw against 10-man Bournemouth
which saw them slip two points adrift of league leaders
Arsenal.
But Vardy, who has been linked with a possible January
transfer due to his excellent form this term, was keen to
stress that the squad do not believe they are set for a slide
down the table.
"I am sure they said that after we lost to Liverpool but we
managed to get a point against Manchester City," he said of
his side's critics. "There is going to be speculation and
people talking, we just have to let it go in one ear and out of
the other and concentrate on ourselves."
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