Foxes' Stolarczyk out for season with knee injury
Jakub Stolarczyk made four appearances for Leicester this season
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Leicester City goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk has been ruled out for the season with a knee injury.
The 25-year-old sustained the anterior cruciate ligament injury in a collision in the first minute of the Foxes' victory against Plymouth Argyle on Tuesday.
Stolarczyk, a Foxes academy product who established himself as Leicester's first-choice keeper last season, could have surgery as early as next week.
Leicester boss Russell Martin said he is "gutted and hurt" for Stolarczyk.
"I feel so disappointed for the big guy because he has been amazing," Martin told BBC Radio Leicester.
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Stolarczyk is the second Leicester player to be ruled out with an ACL injury in the early weeks of the season, with Ben Nelson already having surgery.
Martin said the "only silver lining" about the double injury blow is that the two players will work on their recovery together.
"They are two amazing people, young men that I absolutely love to bits as people and football players and both will be a huge loss on the pitch," Martin said.
"So off it, they will work hard, push each other and drive each other on and I hope we get one or both back before the end of the season.
"But, as it stands, we have to probably prepare for them not to be involved this season."
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