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Leicester boss Shakespeare calms Kelechi injury fears

Leicester City boss Craig Shakespeare has played down injury concerns for new signing Kelechi Iheanacho.

Shakespeare allayed fears about the fitness of new signing Kelechi Iheanacho after the friendly win over Borussia Monchengladbach.

There was concern when Iheanacho left the King Power Stadium pitch just 18 minutes after coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for fellow striker Shinji Okazaki, following a collision with the German side's Laszlo Benes.

However, Shakespeare told LCFC TV: "He's fine in there. He's getting a bit of a ribbing from the players in terms of him coming off.

"You can see the impact he's had. We're just really making sure that was more of a precaution. He hasn't trained very often, he hasn't been able to because of circumstance.

"The more minutes he can get on the pitch, the more liable he will be to last 90 minutes."

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