Manager says Leicester City player is ‘insanely strong’ – Foxes nightmare, and then ‘back from the dead’

Last November, Leicester City’s Jannik Vestergaard was called up by Denmark for the first time in 17 months and is also included in the squad for the ongoing international break.

At the weekend, the centre-back played for 90 minutes in 0-0 draw against Switzerland.

Ekstra Bladet state the 31-year-old had a long way back to the national team after going through a difficult phase at Leicester.

This happened last season when former Foxes manager Brendan Rodgers left him out of his plans at the King Power Stadium, and had restricted him to only three appearances in the cup competitions.

Vestergaard’s situation has improved a lot under Enzo Maresca as he’s played 35 matches for Leicester this season. This has also helped him return to the national team squad.

After a nightmare at Leicester, Ekstra Bladet claim Denmark manager Kasper Hjulmand is impressed the player is ‘back from the dead’.

The newspaper have also relayed comments made by the national team coach.

Ireland captain Séamus Coleman feared his career was over after Boubakary Soumaré tackle

Veteran defender thought he had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament after tackle by Leicester City player last May

Lying on the King Power Stadium turf last May, Séamus Coleman presumed his storied career was over. The Everton captain feared a tackle by Leicester City’s Boubakary Soumaré had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament.

Within 24 hours, scans on the knee discovered a medial ligament tear which ruled him out of Ireland’s crucial trip to Athens last June and the remainder of the Euro 2024 qualification campaign.

“It was a bit of a scare the night of the Leicester game because I kind of thought that might have been it,” Coleman revealed at a press conference on Wednesday morning ahead of Saturday’s friendly against Belgium. “It looked to be a bad injury but thankfully as I’ve said in the last couple of months I got away without it being an ACL which was important at my age and at the time.”

Coleman has come back from serious leg injuries before, particularly following a broken leg following a tackle by Wales’ Neil Taylor in 2017, but the Soumaré collision was when the 35 year old felt his career on Merseyside and as Irish skipper could be over.