Leicester City star Jamie Vardy to return to action next week

Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri confirms that Jamie Vardy should return to action next week following groin surgery.

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter | 08 January 2016

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has confirmed that Jamie Vardy is likely to return to action next week, eight days after groin surgery.

The 28-year-old, who has scored 15 goals so far this season, will miss Sunday's FA Cup third-round tie against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, but should be back for next Wednesday's Premier League match against Spurs.

In Friday's press conference, Vardy told reporters: "Jamie is okay. Today he is working with the physio and he should be ready for the next match in the league.

"I said to my physio that I don't want to lose him for a long time. If he is ready for the second match against Tottenham that is okay, but if not we will look at Aston Villa [next weekend]."

The Foxes are currently second in the league table, two points adrift of leaders Arsenal.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leicester City Leicester	45	31	4	10	89	39	50	97
2	Ipswich Town Ipswich	45	27	12	6	90	57	33	93
3	Leeds United Leeds	45	27	9	9	80	41	39	90
4	Southampton	45	25	9	11	85	62	23	84
5	Norwich City Norwich	45	21	10	14	79	63	16	73
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	45	20	12	13	67	47	20	72
7	Hull City	45	19	13	13	68	59	9	70
8	Middlesbrough	45	19	9	17	68	61	7	66
9	Coventry City Coventry	45	17	13	15	69	57	12	64
10	Preston North End Preston	45	18	9	18	56	64	-8	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	6	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	45	19	5	21	51	65	-14	62
13	Swansea City Swansea	45	15	12	18	59	64	-5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	-11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers QPR	45	14	11	20	45	57	-12	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	45	14	11	20	45	60	-15	53
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	45	13	11	21	58	74	-16	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	45	14	8	23	42	68	-26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	45	12	12	21	58	70	-12	48
22	Birmingham City Birmingham	45	12	11	22	49	65	-16	47
23	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	48	75	-27	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	45	4	12	29	32	87	-55	24