Former Nottingham Forest striker Tyler Walker has survived a serious injury scare.
The 25 year-old forward came through the ranks at Forest, making his debut in 2015, The son of Reds legend Des Walker, the striker went on to make 45 appearances for the club, scoring seven times, before leaving the club in 2020 after a successful loan spell with Lincoln City resulted in transfer interest.
Coventry City snapped up Walker as the Sky Blues made their return to the Championship and he has gone to feature 60 times for Mark Robins’ side, scoring 11 goals. However, his manager was relieved to report that Walker had avoided a lengthy spell on the sidelines after picking up an ACL injury against Burnley.
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Walker was handed only his second league start of the season against Vincent Kompany’s side last weekend but was taken off after an hour. Coventry boss Robins explained that the striker had twice been fouled when through on goal, with the second incident resulting in a torn ligament.
“There’s an injury to Tyler Walker who has torn a ligament,” manager Mark Robins told CoventryLive . “He’s torn his ACL and when you hear that it sounds horrific. It’s not great but it’s miles better than it could have been, and thankfully he’s only going to be out for a week or two.
“Tyler being missing is certainly not something we wanted to see but, as I said, he’ll be back with us pretty quickly, I think, and it’s significantly better news than if it was a rupture. So hopefully, touch wood, it will only be a couple of weeks away.”
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