JUST IN: Enzo Maresca made stark claim about the state of Leicester City’s midfield options

The league leaders are struggling for options in the middle of the park

The Foxes were hit with another tough blow at the weekend when they lost their third league game on the bounce to Queens Park Rangers, having fallen to fellow promotion-chasers Leeds United the week before.

The fact that they weren’t able to take any points from their home match against QPR was bad enough – the London-based side are barely out of the relegation zone – but they were given another blow before the game when their captain, Pereira, picked up an injury in a training session before the match.

The extent of the injury has now been revealed, and it’s not good news.

Ricardo Pereira injury revealed

The Portuguese international picked up a hamstring injury when preparing for the match on Saturday. He is expected to be out for a month. “Ricardo is injured, and he will be out until after the international break,”said Maresca.

Pereira had a reputation for being injury prone, but he’d managed to stay clear of the sidelines for most of this campaign. The 30-year-old has played in 31 of the 34 league matches that Leicester have played this season.

The news of his injury was compounded by another problem suffered by yet another midfield option. Dennis Praet had to come off after 16 minutes on Saturday, having limped off whilst holding his hamstring. The severity of his injury is unknown at this time.

Enzo Maresca admission amid Leicester midfield injury crisis