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Ranieri Confirms Mahrez Availability

Riyad Mahrez is available for selection for Friday evening’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Derby County, Claudio Ranieri has confirmed.

2017-01-26T14:50:51.000Z

by Leicester City

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26 Jan, 2017

Ranieri Confirms Mahrez Availability

Riyad Mahrez is available for selection for Friday evening’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Derby County, Claudio Ranieri has confirmed.

Leicester City

2017-01-26T14:50:51.000Z

Ranieri Confirms Mahrez Availability

Riyad Mahrez is available for selection for Friday evening’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Derby County, Claudio Ranieri has confirmed.

Leicester City

2017-01-26T14:50:51.000Z

Ranieri Confirms Mahrez Availability

Riyad Mahrez is available for selection for Friday evening’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Derby County, Claudio Ranieri has confirmed.

Leicester City

2017-01-26T14:50:51.000Z

Ranieri Confirms Mahrez Availability

Riyad Mahrez is available for selection for Friday evening’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Derby County, Claudio Ranieri has confirmed.

Leicester City

2017-01-26T14:50:51.000Z

- Claudio Ranieri says Riyad Mahrez is available for Friday’s Emirates FA Cup clash with Derby County

- Mahrez has returned to training after playing for Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations

- Both Islam Slimani and Leonardo Ulloa are injured and will not feature at Pride Park, according to the City boss

is available for selection for Friday evening’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Derby County, Claudio Ranieri has confirmed.

The Leicester City winger featured in with Senegal on Monday evening – his side’s final Group B fixture.

netted a brace in that game, but after picking up a minor groin injury, will not be in contention to feature .

Meanwhile, another striker out of action is , who Ranieri says has not yet fully recovered from a muscular problem.

“Riyad [Mahrez is available] yes because today (Thursday) he made a session with us, but [Islam] Slimani arrives this evening and has suffered a little injury to his groin and we want to check,” Ranieri told the media.

“Leo [Ulloa] is still injured. Now he comes back slowly, slowly. Yesterday and today he made a little training session.”

Ranieri knows Friday’s fixture at Pride Park will provide him with an opportunity to potentially make changes to the starting XI, but the desire his players show will not be affected.

“I will put out the best team because we need to go through the cup and we need to get confidence because we have lost so many matches in the last few weeks,” the City boss added.

“They have reacted very well, but also in the other training sessions they’ve reacted very well. It is important to show this desire on the pitch during the game.”

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