He has recently garnered a lot of attention, having had the opportunity to start in place of Morgan Gibbs-White. During the recent Crystal Palace match, he nonchalantly whipped through their defence twice within the space of 20 seconds. It was a beautiful sight, and we are expecting more of the same on Friday.

Steve Cooper played down any talk of former club Nottingham Forest ahead of facing his former club with Leicester. Cooper faces Forest in Friday night’s East Midlands derby for the first time since being sacked by the Reds last December.

Leicester face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. Match preview includes teams news, predicted lineups, how to watch on TV and live stream and more.

After a season away, Leicester City and Nottingham Forest resume their East Midlands rivalry when they face off in the Premier League at King Power Stadium on Friday. While they go head to head on the pitch, we have asked our fan writers for each club to go head to head off it.

Leicester City have suffered a set-back in their preparations for Friday night’s clash with Nottingham Forest. The Foxes know they will be without Jannik Vestergaard after the centre back’s current injury flared up during his time on international duty.