Trouble looms for Leicester City as Caglar Soyuncu set to miss 3 months due to SERIOUS injury

Brendan Rodgers is set to miss one of his defenders due to a serious injury as the Leicester boss confirmed first choice centre back Caglar Soyuncu is set for three months on the sidelines. 

Soyuncu, 24, played no part in Sunday's dramatic 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa, where Ross Barkley netted a last-minute winner for Dean Smith's visitors.

Rodgers confirmed Soyuncu, who suffered an abductor tear while on international duty with Turkey, has a 'serious' problem and is likely to play no part until 2021.  

'(Caglar) Soyuncu is more serious in terms of the muscle is right off the bone,' Rodgers said. 

'So he could be out for three months, which is an absolute shame. He did it training with the Turkish national team.

'He'll be a big miss and adds to the other boys who are out.'

The scan, which confirmed the extent of the injury over the weekend, will rule Soyuncu out of the group stage of Leicester's Europa League campaign. 

They face Zorya Luhansk at the King Power Stadium on October 22 before a trip to Athens to face AEK Athens on October 29.