Cannon, 20, made a permanent switch to the King Power Stadium from Everton this summer but has yet to feature for the Foxes this term due to a stress fracture in his back.
The England-born Irish attacker is rated highly at Maresca’s side and recently returned from the injury after a two-month layoff.
The Foxes are set to take on high-flyers Middlesbrough on Saturday and Maresca said that Cannon could find his place in Leicester’s squad against Boro.
He is delighted to see Cannon attend training sessions but also revealed that the Irish star has yet to attain the physical fitness to play a full 90-minute match.
“Yes, finally”, Maresca said at a press conference when asked about Cannon’s availability.
“But now it has been one week with us and he could tomorrow be in the squad.
“After two months out, he is fit and could be tomorrow, but not 90 minutes.”
Sitting atop the Championship standings, Leicester suffered a setback at the hands of Leeds United last week.
But they are eyeing returning to winning ways and consolidating their position in the league table moving forward.
