Leicester striker Jamie Vardy close to return after minor groin surgery



The forward - who turned 29 on Monday - had a minor groin operation earlier this month and missed Sunday's 2-2 FA Cup draw with Spurs

He did some light training on Monday morning, after a warm up, away from the main squad as boss Claudio Ranieri nurses him back to health

The Foxes head back to White Hart Lane on Wednesday for their Barclays Premier League clash and Ranieri admitted he will give England man Vardy every chance to be fit

He said: "He is getting better, on Monday he made the warm up with the team and then he had a different job

On Tuesday I'll check

I think he could be available

The little problem he had with the little operation is done and he can run normally without any problem

"Jamie had a problem for a month, more or less, and he continued to play

Now without the problem is much better

I'll see if he starts from the beginning, if he is ready to come with me on the bench

Every time he wants to play, I know him."

Vardy, the league's 15-goal joint top scorer, has also played with an ankle injury and a broken wrist this season to help guide the Foxes to second in the table

They return to league action on Wednesday after Ranieri made eight changes to his side for their Cup game against Spurs, including giving new £3.75million winger Demarai Gray a debut after his move from Birmingham

"He wasn't 100 per cent but as a 19-year-old, having only had four training sessions with us, in his first match against a Premier League team, he was outstanding

He had a chance to score and worked hard," Ranieri said

Jeff Schlupp remains out with a hamstring injury and Ranieri is set to again make changes to the Foxes

"It's completely different because we will change the players

Every player changes something

Tottenham will be stronger but we are ready to play our football," he added

"I have to check everybody, on Tuesday we have another training session

Then I'll check and decide the first XI."

Source : PA

Source: PA