Vardy is struggling with a knee injury he suffered in a 1-0 win over Leeds a month ago, just his second game behind a long-term thigh problem. There was hope that the 35-year-old would be coming back, but Brendan Rodgers revealed that he still has pain in his knee joint. Asked about his availability before the Europa Conference quarter-finals, Rodgers told Leicester Live: “He is not available. It is difficult to set a schedule. He may still feel pain in the knee. “Just when he hits the ball there is a problem, so we have to try to get to the bottom. I just had a quick chat with Jamie, he was out and running in straight lines. But when he opened the MCL, when he hit the ball, it hurt a little bit. “I have to talk to the medical team to see where it is. It does not sound like it is too close to coming back.” City will be without Wilfred Ndidi, Ryan Bertrand and Danny Ward, but Luke Thomas returned to face PSV after taking on an international hamstring mission with England Under-21. The planned Leicester squad: Schmeichel, Ricardo, Evans, Fofana, Castagne, Maddison, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Albrighton, Barnes, Ihenacho.
