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Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy out for 'weeks'

December 26, 2020 Leicester City's Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring their second goal with James Maddison [REUTERS]

Leicester City's in-form striker Jamie Vardy will be sidelined for a few weeks to have a hernia operation, manager Brendan Rodgers said on Friday.

Vardy, 34, has scored 11 Premier League goals this season and is in the running for the golden boot but Rodgers said the hernia operation could not be put off any longer.

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