Brendan Rodgers has raged at a challenge that has left one of Leicester City's brightest prospects facing the best part of a year on the sidelines. <br /><br />Will Alves, who the night before had come on for the first team in their 3-0 win away at MK Dons in the Carabao Cup, was on the receiving end of a brutal lunge from Wolves youth team player Caden Voice. <br /><br />His teammates realized the severity of the incident immediately as they ran in to confront the Wolves player. His leg appeared to almost do a stamping motion down on Alves' knee. <br /><br />The 17-year-old took to Instagram to confirm the worst fears of those connected to the club that he had suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury as a result of the challenge. <br /><br />'A week full of ups and downs, devastated to announce that I have torn my ACL,' he said. <br /><br />'I will give everything to get back on the pitch to do what I love the most. I’ll be back stronger.'<br /><br />Rodgers, meanwhile, was more scathing in his assessment of the situation - declaring the challenge 'one of the worst' he's seen in his career. <br /><br />'It’s a sad one for us,' Rodgers said. 'We lost one of our young talents, Will Alves, who came on in the MK Dons game.<br /><br />'He wanted to play in the Youth Cup game the night after and played in that. They went through in the tie, our Under-18s, but he was taken out with one of the worst challenges I’ve seen on a football field.<br /><br />'It’s such a shame for a young player who’s 17, who’s making his way in the game and making his mark in training and the way he’s been.<br /><br />'It’s a real disappointing one for us. We wish him a speedy recovery in getting back. It’ll be the rest of the season he’ll be out for.<br /><br />'His rehab will start over these next few weeks and he’ll have an operation after that.'<br /><br />ACL injuries are notoriously difficult to overcome, with the path back to a level somewhat resembling that of where you were at a long and arduous one. <br /><br />Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, himself a product of Leicester's academy, offered support to the devastated youngster, saying his support was there should it be needed. <br /><br />'Get well soon mate. Support here if you need it,' he said. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Alves' youth teammates said Voice deserved more than the red card punishment he was dished out.
