Harambee Stars prospect and Leicester City winger Silko Otieno Thomas could potentially be sidelined for the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury last weekend.Thomas, who is on loan to English third-tier side Wigan Athletic, sustained the injury during a match against Lincoln City.The 20-year-old received extensive treatment on the pitch in the dying minutes of the first half before being stretchered off.##NAJAVA_MECA_8674888##New signing Joseph Hungbo was summoned to replace him, with reports from England suggesting that Thomas might have suffered damage on his left knee.Wigan head coach Shaun Maloney admitted that Thomas’ injury will most likely keep him out of action for the remainder of the season.“He’s not great; we think it’s a bad one. It’s a knee injury; we’ll probably find out the full extent on Monday, but it doesn’t look good. I don’t think it’s ligaments, maybe another part of the knee…but it looks a bad one,” he said in an interview with Wigan Today.Millions Nairobi City Stars will bank from Kenyan midfielder’s Ksh473 million transfer to Slavia PragueMaloney, further, lamented that the club had been badly hit by injuries in the season, having previously lost eight players.Thomas joins Luke Chambers (back), Steven Sessegnon (knee), Tyrese Francois (ankle), Matt Smith (hamstring), Baba Adeeko (hamstring), Kai Payne (knee), Dion Rankine (hamstring), and Callum McManaman (not fully fit) are all on the sidelines.”I know many other managers in many other leagues will talk about injuries, but we’ve certainly had a bit of bad luck this season. It’s cost us in those wide areas and the midfield, but sometimes you get good seasons, and sometimes less so,” he added.Thomas joined the Latics for the 2024/25 campaign, having been convinced to be part of the project by Maloney and Sporting Director Gregor Rioch.Kenyan academy fights for share of Harambee Stars midfielder’s Ksh465 million transfer feeThe youngster’s footballing career began at Carshalton Athletic, where he spent two seasons before eventually being scouted and signed by Chelsea.Thomas impressed hugely during his time at Cobham, featuring for both Chelsea’s U18s and U21s and representing England at U18s and U15s level.Following a decade with Chelsea, Thomas joined Leicester City last term, where he has continued to shine with the Foxes.
