Iheanacho farce as Poles turn him back

KELECHI IHEANACHO was stranded at Warsaw airport last night after a documentation issue stopped him entering Poland with Leicester. The Nigeria striker was due to return to the UK as soon as transport could be arranged. Leicester’s squad arrived around 3.30pm local time for tonight’s Europa League meeting with Legia Warsaw. Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers confirmed Iheanacho, 24, would have started the game, meaning he will have to revise his plans for the Group C encounter. A club official was likely to accompany Iheanacho back to Leicester. ‘We’ve had an issue with Kelechi — his documentation coming into the country wouldn’t suffice,’ said Rodgers. ‘The paperwork didn’t allow him to enter the country. We’ll have to look at that when we get back.’ Leicester are expected to review their processes to ensure such an incident does not occur again. They face Spartak Moscow in Russia later this month before visiting

Napoli at the start of December. Iheanacho’s documentation problem is not thought to be related to Covid-19. His absence means summer signing Patson Daka or Jamie Vardy will start up front, with Daka the more likely as Rodgers is keen to keep Vardy fresh for the Premier League. Harvey Barnes is expected to keep his place in the line-up as he tries to recapture last season’s form, before a knee injury ruled him out of Leicester’s FA Cup final win over Chelsea and Euro 2020. ‘I’m fit now and it’s up to myself to get that form back, to give myself the best chance of being involved (for England) again,’ Barnes said. LEICESTER (4-2-3-1): Schmeichel; Pereira, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Thomas; Soumare, Tielemans; Perez, Maddison, Barnes; Daka.