Nottingham Forest undergo important damage blow forward of FA Cup quarter-final and pivotal Premier League run in
Chris Wooden picked up an damage on worldwide responsibility with New Zealand and has now been dominated out of FA Cup quarter-final towards Brighton.
, who has 18 Premier League targets this season, was injured in New Zealand’s 3-0 win over New Caledonia.
After the sport he confirmed the difficulty was along with his hip: “That’s the place the ache is in the meanwhile. I felt it on that facet so I’ll get it checked over and hopefully it’s nothing too main and hopefully it’s simply impression.”
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Since leaving worldwide camp and returning to Forest, Wooden has performed one other examine on his hip, which Nuno Espirito Santo revealed would hold him out towards Brighton: “He went for a scan at this time. We’re nonetheless ready. He has been to a specialist for a scan. We are going to wait on the knowledge and see.
“He won’t be obtainable for this sport. He felt a kick actually laborious on his hip so there’s ache there. We now have to attend.”
Nuno appeared pissed off on the worldwide break and hinted this is probably not the one damage: “Each time there’s a world break we’ve to evaluate. A lot of them simply arrived at this time. We’re nonetheless ready on Ramon Sosa tomorrow and we are going to assess all of them.”
Forest will little question miss their striker, who has helped them to succeed in third spot this season within the Premier League, however can be hoping the damage doesn’t rule him out for a prolonged interval.
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It’s probably Forest must depend on back-up striker Taiwo Awoniyi for the massive conflict. The Nigerian striker has scored solely two targets this season.
For Forest, it’s a likelihood to progress within the competitors and at last win silverware . It’s maybe an excellent greater event for Brighton, who haven’t received a significant trophy since 1910.
