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King’s Pre-FA Cup Fitness Update

We go into Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Southampton with no fresh injury concerns, as Jeremy Monga nears a return to contention.

2026-02-12T15:30+00:00

by Sam Stevens

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12 Feb, 2026

from LCFC Training Ground

King’s Pre-FA Cup Fitness Update

We go into Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Southampton with no fresh injury concerns, as Jeremy Monga nears a return to contention.

Sam Stevens

2026-02-12T15:30+00:00

King’s Pre-FA Cup Fitness Update

We go into Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Southampton with no fresh injury concerns, as Jeremy Monga nears a return to contention.

Sam Stevens

2026-02-12T15:30+00:00

King’s Pre-FA Cup Fitness Update

We go into Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Southampton with no fresh injury concerns, as Jeremy Monga nears a return to contention.

Sam Stevens

2026-02-12T15:30+00:00

King’s Pre-FA Cup Fitness Update

We go into Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Southampton with no fresh injury concerns, as Jeremy Monga nears a return to contention.

Sam Stevens

2026-02-12T15:30+00:00

Jeremy Monga could play a part for us at Southampton on Saturday
We tackle the Saints in the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round at St. Mary’s
Jannik Vestergaard is set for a spell on the sidelines
Victor Kristiansen has been on the bench over recent games and could be included
Jamaal Lascelles’ minutes have been monitored since joining the Club

Leicester City head to St. Mary’s for a 3pm GMT kick-off on Saturday, hoping to put our name into the hat for the fifth-round draw after defeat by the same opponents in the league on Tuesday night.

Monga was out for that 4-3 reverse at King Power Stadium, which saw us lose a three-goal advantage, but the Academy graduate could be included in the squad this time around.

“Jez will be fine,” First Team Coach Andy King told the media on Thursday afternoon. “He trained this morning, trained really well, so fingers crossed, we’re hoping and expecting he should be available.”

Jannik Vestergaard, however, is set for a spell on the sidelines: “He’s going to be out for a while. It’s obviously a shame for us, he’s played a lot for us this season, but apart from that, we’re okay.

“We’ll look at it later about who fits for this game best.”

Left-back Victor Kristiansen has returned to the bench over recent weeks after a period out, while other players – including defender Jamaal Lascelles – will see their workloads managed where necessary.

“Victor was in the squad on Tuesday,” King added. “He’s one who’s been out for a while who will be back. [The longer-term injured players] are not going to be back any time soon, so nobody you haven’t seen over the last couple of weeks, apart from Victor, will be back.”

Asked about Lascelles , King – who also discussed midfielder Joe Aribo – continued: “I thought he was brilliant against Birmingham in the hour or so which he gave us.

“But it was only ever going to be that, just because I think that was his first competitive game since his ACL. That takes a year out of his career as it is. Then he obviously hadn’t played at Newcastle for six months either.

“You’re looking at between 18 months and two years since his [last] competitive game, so it’s only fair to do right by him and not try and give him too much too soon.

“We gave him the minutes against Birmingham, we’d have loved to have left him on for longer because he was having a really good game. Then it wasn’t fair to turn him around for Tuesday. He’s definitely one we have the manage. It’s the same with Joe [Aribo].

“Joe’s situation is probably a little bit different, in terms of he has been playing for Southampton a little bit more regularly.

“Obviously he’s had this week where he couldn’t play in the two Southampton games, so hopefully by the time the cup game’s over, he’ll have had a week where he’s had minutes against Birmingham and now he’ll be up to speed as well.”

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