Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been ruled out for one month after the combative player underwent surgery Thursday, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report

Foxes coach Brendan Rodgers revealed he underwent the operation to correct a knock he picked in training

The Nigeria international was missing from Leicester ’s squad for their League Cup semi -final first leg against Aston Villa on Wednesday where his compatriot, Kelechi Iheanacho scored a second half equaliser to keep the Foxes in the rune for the Carabao Cup final

Rodgers said Ndidi suffered an injury in Tuesday ’ s training session but he did not specify what the problem is .

“Wilf took a knock in training yesterday, which unfortunately means he might need a slight operation tomorrow.

“That ’ll put him out for a few weeks , but it’s not overly serious , so hopefully , going into February , he’ll be fit and ready to go again .”

If Ndidi misses the rest of the month he will sit out five Leicester games including their semi -final second leg at Villa on January 28 .