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Leicester Metropolis defender Jonny Evans will miss Northern Ireland’s opening Euro 2024 qualifiers towards San Marino and Finland.
Evans, 35, has withdrawn from the squad with an ongoing hamstring injury.
On Thursday, Leicester supervisor Brendan Rodgers said the centre-relief had suffered a setback on the problem that had hampered Evans since November.
Michael O’Neill’s facet open up their campaign in San Marino on Thursday and at house to Finland on Sunday.
After being dominated out of action since 8 November, Evans got right here on as a dumb substitute in Leicester’s 3-1 defeat by Chelsea on 11 March.
He used to be named in O’Neill’s 26-man squad for March’s internationals, nonetheless the recurrence of the injury manner he’ll be sidelined for the first two Neighborhood H qualifiers.
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