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Leicester defender Christian Fuchs suffers freak eye injury after being hit by a pole in training

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Christian Fuchs suffered a freak eye injury when a training pole flicked into his face.

The Leicester left-back is a doubt for Saturday's trip to Huddersfield after the incident, described as 'nasty' by manager Craig Shakespeare.

Fuchs is seeing a specialist to assess the slight cut sustained when the top of the pole went into his eye socket during a drill on Tuesday.

Christian Fuchs suffered a freak eye injury when a training pole flicked into his face.
Christian Fuchs suffered a freak eye injury when a training pole flicked into his face.

Ben Chilwell would be expected to come in to replace the Austrian international if he is deemed unfit.