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Leicester City winger Bartosz Kapustka is back in training after recovering from a serious knee injury.

The Poland international suffered a cruciate ligament tear while on loan at City’s sister club OH Leuven last March.

He underwent successful surgery and has been in rehabilitation since, describing the gym as his “new home” during the summer.

He is now back on the training pitches at City’s Belvoir Drive headquarters, filmed in the warm-up last Thursday as the club prepared for the fixture with Manchester United.

Once back to full fitness, Kapustka will only be able to play in Carabao Cup or Under-23s fixtures, with the 22-year-old not registered in City’s 25-man Premier League squad.

Kapustka joined City for around £2m three years ago after impressing for Poland at Euro 2016.

However, he has made just three appearances for the club, all in cup competitions.

In 2017-18, he went on loan to Freiburg in the Bundesliga, playing only nine games, and then spent last season with Leuven, scoring three goals before being stretchered off in a 1-0 defeat to Tubize.

He had captained Poland Under-21s to a successful European Championships qualifying campaign, but the injury ruled him out of the finals in June.

Despite his lack of his appearances at City, the winger said he has “high hopes” for his career at the club after a conversation with Brendan Rodgers over the summer.

Speaking to Polish media in June, Kapustka said: “It may seem that I am unwanted there, but I feel great at Leicester.

“I came to the club at the end of the season with injuries, I was also at the last match against Chelsea in the Premier League.

“The club's employees, the president, the guys from the team – everyone welcomed me very warmly, with openness, a smile, respect. I feel that everyone supports me in this difficult moment, wishes me the best, and does not treat me like a mercenary.

“I also met the coach Brendan Rodgers, I had the opportunity to talk to him about my future in the club. These were very positive words, giving me high hopes.

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“I will say this: everything depends now on me. I am not written down as a loss there.

“I do not think about the next loan, for this moment only recovery is what counts for me, I am not looking ahead.”