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Pre-Stoke Fitness News: Stolarczyk, Nelson, Okoli & Kristiansen

Martí Cifuentes has provided an update on the fitness of several of his Leicester City players, including Jakub Stolarczyk, Ben Nelson, Caleb Okoli and Victor Kristiansen.

2025-11-21T14:17+00:00

by Sam Stevens

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21 Nov, 2025

from LCFC Training Ground

Pre-Stoke Fitness News: Stolarczyk, Nelson, Okoli & Kristiansen

Martí Cifuentes has provided an update on the fitness of several of his Leicester City players, including Jakub Stolarczyk, Ben Nelson, Caleb Okoli and Victor Kristiansen.

Sam Stevens

2025-11-21T14:17+00:00

Pre-Stoke Fitness News: Stolarczyk, Nelson, Okoli & Kristiansen

Martí Cifuentes has provided an update on the fitness of several of his Leicester City players, including Jakub Stolarczyk, Ben Nelson, Caleb Okoli and Victor Kristiansen.

Sam Stevens

2025-11-21T14:17+00:00

Pre-Stoke Fitness News: Stolarczyk, Nelson, Okoli & Kristiansen

Martí Cifuentes has provided an update on the fitness of several of his Leicester City players, including Jakub Stolarczyk, Ben Nelson, Caleb Okoli and Victor Kristiansen.

Sam Stevens

2025-11-21T14:17+00:00

Pre-Stoke Fitness News: Stolarczyk, Nelson, Okoli & Kristiansen

Martí Cifuentes has provided an update on the fitness of several of his Leicester City players, including Jakub Stolarczyk, Ben Nelson, Caleb Okoli and Victor Kristiansen.

Sam Stevens

2025-11-21T14:17+00:00

Leicester City host Stoke City in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday (3pm kick-off)
Jakub Stolarczyk will miss that clash with Mark Robins’ men at King Power Stadium
Ben Nelson is nearing a return to training on the Seagrave pitches, while Caleb Okoli has been involved in group training
Victor Kristiansen is set for a spell on the sidelines, although no new injuries were reported after the international break

While able to report that nobody has returned from international duty with any issues, our Manager did have news on those who remained in Seagrave over the past fortnight.

Goalkeeper Stolarczyk was substituted during the 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough and missed the 2-1 win at Norwich City, and is expected to remain out this weekend.

We entertain Stoke City at King Power Stadium on Saturday (3pm kick-off).

“He is getting better,” Cifuentes told reporters on Friday. “He is still working to recover. He will not be ready for Saturday but the positive thing is he’s feeling more confident and I’m sure he is not far.”

Centre-back Nelson, on the other hand, was withdrawn at Carrow Road before the international break and missed action for the England Under-21s as a result. The Academy graduate is ‘progressing well’ in his recovery and the Manager hopes to have him back in training soon.

“It was very unfortunate for Ben,” Cifuentes added. “He did really well in the 30 minutes against Norwich and in the previous game.

"It was an ankle issue when he landed. It will be some time but [he’s making] good progress. He’s working well and, hopefully next week, he will be on the [training] pitch.”

Okoli, another centre-back, was also taken off at Norwich, but the Italian centre-back is back in group training ahead of the visit of Stoke in the Sky Bet Championship.

“It was a reaction with the impact on the pitch,” the Manager explained. “He’s getting better and he’s been training with the group.”

A ‘small intervention’ was considered the best approach to manage Kristiansen’s rehabilitation, meanwhile, with the Denmark full-back set for a period on the sidelines.

“It was very unlucky,” Cifuentes said. “In the game against Blackburn, it was an impact on his knee. He carried on for some minutes in this game, but it was getting worse and we had to sub him.

“It was not progressing well and the doctors and specialists decided it would take a small intervention. It’s going to take definitely more than few weeks.”

Aaron Ramsey and Harry Souttar are also still out for the Foxes, but the injury list hasn’t been swelled by any issues over the international break: “Everybody [else] is okay. Aaron and Harry are recovering from their injuries but otherwise everyone came back in good shape.”

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