Leicester goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk has been ruled out for up to six months with a serious ankle injury.
The 23-year-old suffered the injury in training and has undergone surgery which will keep him sidelined until next year.
Stolarczyk made nine appearances for the Foxes in all competitions last season having previously had loan spells at Dunfermline, Fleetwood and Hartlepool.
“It’s really unfortunate – he had a very innocuous injury in training and it’s ended up being really serious,” said boss Steve Cooper. “He’s had to have an operation on his ankle and he’s going to be out for a long time.
“It couldn’t be any more bad luck. He’s found himself in a tough situation. He did it on the day we flew to Evian. I feel for the boy. I’ve heard some really good things about him, and how talented he is.
“The club is very well set up in terms of how they support players. We’ll get him back as quickly as possible. I think it will be around six months.”
It changes the goalkeeping situation at the King Power Stadium as Danny Ward and Daniel Iversen had been expected to leave this summer.
Ward played 90 minutes in Tuesday’s 2-1 win at Shrewsbury and could now stay as back up to Mads Hermansen.
Derby are interested in Iversen but the clubs remain apart on their valuation of the 27-year-old.
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