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Brendan Rodgers has revealed Jamie Vardy is 'on track' to play on Monday night, but Ben Chilwell may be out.

The Foxes welcome Aston Villa as they return to league action and they will likely be boosted by the return of their star frontman.

Vardy has missed City's last two outings, the Premier League defeat to Norwich City and the FA Cup clash with Birmingham City during the week with a calf problem.

But he is on track to return next week.

"He’s looked very good in training," Rodgers revealed in his press conference. "The idea that he would be available for Monday, he’s still on track for that. He trained very well on Friday morning."

Vardy has had three injury setbacks since the turn of the year, and Rodgers revealed that "measures" have been put in place to try to prevent further flare-ups for the 33-year-old.

"We’re hoping now that measures we have place behind the scenes, with sports science, will help him," said Rodgers.

"He's a very important player for us. He has been at this club for a while and in my time here, he's been tremendous.

"He's at the age now where it's about looking after your body and getting that little bit of luck, because that's important as well with injuries. Hopefully he's clear now because him being available and ready for this last section of the league is very important. Hopefully he will be injury free now.

"We're still a few days away, so we'll monitor him over the weekend and see on Monday where he's at. I'm pretty much sure he'll have an involvement."

While Vardy's return will come as a welcome boost, City have been dealt setback with the potential absence of a left-back Chilwell.

"Ben Chilwell, we'll have to have a little look at to see how he is, but we'll see that over the next few days," said Rodgers.

"He had a slight twinge in his hamstring, so we'll just see how that is for Monday."