Ramsey and Souttar injury latest as Leicester down to three sidelined players

CommentsSportJordan Blackwell16:17, 11 Mar 2026Patience will be required for the matchday comebacks of Aaron Ramsey and Harry Souttar despite their returns to training, Leicester City manager Gary Rowett has said.

Attacking midfielder Ramsey was pictured back on the grass at Seagrave this week and Rowett has said that centre-back Souttar has joined him.

Ramsey has not played since the final game of 2025, when he pulled his hamstring just four minutes after coming on as a substitute in City's win over Derby. It was only his third game back after a two-month absence.

Souttar, meanwhile, has not featured for 15 months. He took a year to recover from an Achilles tear, but then had to have a minor surgery on a knee injury in January.

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Rowett has suggested that they’re not going to pop up in his squad any time soon.

The manager said after the 2-0 win over Bristol City: “I think Rammo and Harry Souttar, with those players, they’ve been out for a while and we have to be careful. Of course, I want to get everybody back in. You saw the bench, it looks a lot stronger. It gives me a lot better options. I spoke about that in game one.

“They’re terrific players and if we can get them back, fantastic. But I think the important thing is that when they eventually come back, they get a chance to stay back. So we might have to be careful.”

With Ramsey and Souttar back in training, that’s just three City players who are now on the sidelines: Asmir Begovic, Jannik Vestergaard and Victor Kristiansen.

The rise in the number of fit players saw midfielder Louis Page return to the Under-21s this week. He started in a 2-2 draw with Newcastle on Monday.

Full-back Bade Aluko, who had been in the City matchday group for all of the previous 18 Championship games, was also left out of the squad against Bristol City.

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