{"id":10135,"date":"2022-02-20T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T20:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/20\/brendan-rodgers-provides-jamie-vardy-return-timeline-after-leicesters-defeat-to-wolves\/"},"modified":"2022-02-20T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T20:03:09","slug":"brendan-rodgers-provides-jamie-vardy-return-timeline-after-leicesters-defeat-to-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/20\/brendan-rodgers-provides-jamie-vardy-return-timeline-after-leicesters-defeat-to-wolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Rodgers provides Jamie Vardy return timeline after Leicester\u2019s defeat to Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers has, on Sunday evening, provided an update on the injury recovery efforts of hitman Jamie Vardy.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-English international Vardy has of course not taken to the pitch for close to two months now, owing to a hamstring injury picked up in a Premier League meeting with Liverpool late in December.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker, in turn, has been forced to sit out no fewer than eight fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the back of the most recent of these outings, when his side made the trip to Molineux for a showdown with Wolves earlier today, Brendan Rodgers was therefore inevitably asked for an update on Vardy\u2019s wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>And, in a boost for all associated with the club, the Leicester boss went on to confirm that his veteran striker should mark his return to the pitch within the coming ten days:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rodgers: \u201cJamie [Vardy] is 7-10 days away from returning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evans and Castagne are still a couple of weeks away. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lcfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lcfc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Johnson (@JackJ_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackJ_\/status\/1495474049778077705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Lookman not enough<\/h2>\n<p>Word of Vardy\u2019s imminent return of course marks some much-needed positive news for those of a Leicester persuasion, on the back of another difficult evening for Rodgers and co. on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>As alluded to above, the Foxes made the trip to Wolves a short time ago, hopeful of getting things back on track amid a concerning recent spell of Premier League form.<\/p>\n<p>When all was said and done in the west Midlands, however, the woes of the day\u2019s visitors only continued to deepen.<\/p>\n<p>After Ademola Lookman bagged a deserved equaliser to pull Leicester on level terms late in the first-half of action, a fine effort on the part of Daniel Podence midway through the 2nd 45 ultimately proved enough to guide Wolves to all three points.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">from Podence<\/p>\n<p>The Wolves man with a daisy-cutter into the bottom left corner! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nb63XcYhy2\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Nb63XcYhy2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1495458455695634432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/marcelo-bielsa-explains-decision-to-drop-raphinha-to-bench-for-leeds-vs-man-united\/\">Marcelo Bielsa explains decision to drop Raphinha to bench for Leeds vs Man United<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/official-former-arsenal-star-jack-wilshere-returns-to-football\/\">Official: Former Arsenal star Jack Wilshere returns to football<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers has, on Sunday evening, provided an update on the injury recovery efforts of hitman Jamie Vardy. Ex-English international Vardy has of course not taken to the pitch for close to two months now, owing to a hamstring injury picked up in a Premier League meeting with Liverpool late in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-10135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}