Wesley Fofana confirms broken leg after horror challenge in friendly against Villarreal

Leicester City star Wesley Fofana has confirmed he broke his leg during the friendly encounter with Villarreal.

Wesley went down after a shocking scissor tackle from Villarreal's Nino on the hour mark that could see him potentially miss a large chunk of the season.

The Leicester ace was slumped on the King Power turf for a lengthy period of time as he received medical attention from the physios before being rushed to hospital.

The 20-year-old centre-back took to Instagram late on Wednesday night to confirm the worst fears of a leg break - but there are expected to be further updates on Thursday.

Fofana captioned a photo from the hospital still in his Foxes shirt:

"Hello guys, many thanks for all your messages.

"It is a bad day today but I am in a tremendous club with a wonderful medical team.

"I will give you news as soon as I have a final diagnosis but we already know that I have a fibula fracture.

"I will come soon and stronger, do not worry."

Fofana's shocked team-mates rushed to his side with centre-back partner Caglar Soyuncu looking visibly shaken by the incident.

Jamie Vardy commented: "You’ll be back stronger and better."

Fellow injured City star James Justin wrote: "Back stronger brother."

Wesley received oxygen while being carried off the pitch on a stretcher and then into a waiting ambulance.

To add insult to injury, Nino went on to score for the Europa League winners and was loudly jeered by Foxes fans who were outraged by the challenge.

That will be a blow for Brendan Rodgers, as Fofana had proven himself a key defender last season after signing from Saint-Etienne.