Claudio Ranieri Confirms Kasper Schmeichel Will Have Surgery On Hernia After Coming Off Vs Swansea

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Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri has confirmed that Foxes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel will have surgery on a hernia, 90min.

The stopper is expected to return to action for Leicester’s next game, though, with Ranieri pointing out that it’s a small problem the player had been suffering from for the last month, and that he was due to have surgery on Monday anyway, but wanted to play on Saturday.

“He played in the last month with a little hernia. Monday he will have an operation,” said Ranieri via the the Leicester Mercury.

“Four, five days and he will be ready for the next match.”

“It was in the programme for Monday. We wanted him to play and he wanted to play and after he felt something and changed.”

Schmeichel was substituted early in the second half of the champions’ 2-1 win over Swansea City as Leicester got their first victory of the season.