Gary Rowett with Divine Mukasa after the 2-2 draw between Leicester City and Stoke(Image: Getty Images)

Injuries and late comebacks could pave the way for Divine Mukasa to return to the Leicester City starting line-up against Preston.

While Jordan James is in contention to feature on Friday, with his injury not as serious as first thought, he has still been in recovery this week, and so it seems more likely he will be on the bench at the King Power Stadium.

City will therefore need somebody new to play in attacking midfield, and Mukasa seems the best bet.

Bobby De Cordova-Reid played with Jamaica into the early hours of Wednesday morning UK time and then had a long flight back from Mexico.

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Aaron Ramsey is now fit again, but having not played in three months, he’s also likely to only be a substitute for now.

So while Mukasa made a...