If there is a silver lining it’s this. Both Adingra and Mitoma were due to be out on international duty for tournaments in Asia and Africa. They now won’t, meaning we can focus on their rehab, rather than take back tired players who then break down.
We’ll have planned for their duel absence for...
I’d assumed Adingra had just been part of a tactical change and forgotten he was injured in the game.
Lamptey, Moder and Enciso have all had set backs or secondary injuries in training.
Fati was Forest and so was Lamptey this time (but definitely the latter has had training injuries).
Many clubs have had or are having an injury crisis this season. Winter World Cup, overpacked schedule and too many players are playing too much football. Many at very high intensity too. Whether it’s our 11 v 11 testing sessions or other teams pressing constantly there’s an awful lot of running...