Leicester City have been hit with bad news, striker Jamie Vardy will be out for three to four weeks due to a hamstring problem.

Vardy suffered a hamstring injury in the Carabao Cup defeat to Liverpool on penalties and was rested on Boxing Day against Manchester City and despite returning to play against Liverpool, the latest has been confirmed. Then you have to rest for about 3-4 weeks.

Brendan Rodgers, the Siamese Foxes’ manager revealed that “Jamie won’t be able to play for 3-4 weeks from now on. It’s a hamstring sore. He might be able to keep going on the pitch because he wants to do that. But the scan results show the pain.”

“I think the accumulated fatigue from playing on the pitch is probably causing it. He felt an injury in the cup game against Liverpool that caused his performance to drop in the last half hour.

Leicester City’s next fixtures will be two home matches against Norwich City and Watford on January 1 and January 8. The followed by a trip to Burnley. On January 15 and return to play at home against Brighton on January 23.

Jamie Vardy will be out for three weeks due to a hamstring problem.

“He felt it in the game at Liverpool in the Cup. If you saw that game, you could see the last half hour it was hindering his performance but it felt like it could play on and obviously we couldn’t make any more changes.

“We didn’t involve him at the weekend to give them that sort of maximum rest, even though he was on the bench but he was never really going to be available to play.

“And then obviously, the other night he just felt it towards the end of the game. I just think the combination of games we’ve had affects the recovery time. It’s just a difficult period for players, especially for recovery.”