AFC Telford United have completed the signing of teenage striker Ricky Sappleton from Leicester City, reports BBC Radio Shropshire.

Telford have injury concerns up front over Andy Brown (foot) and Danny Carey-Bertram (hamstring), while joint top scorer Terry Fearns is suspended.

But Sappleton is not available for Saturday's FA Trophy semi-final second leg at York City.

The 19-year-old had a month on loan earlier this season at Bournemouth.

He scored once in four appearances for the League Two side and had the same record when he spent a month on loan with Blue Square Premier side Oxford United in January.

Sappleton joined Leicester in June 2007 after previously being on the books at Queens Park Rangers.

Leicester manager Nigel Pearson first made his name just up the road from the Bucks Head with Shrewsbury Town.

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