Nottingham Forest have been dealt another injury blow, with the news Serge Aurier is facing a spell on the sidelines.
The defender was forced off with 10 minutes remaining of Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City. Head coach Steve Cooper said afterwards he was hopeful the right-back was just suffering from fatigue.
Speaking to NCI Sport, Aurier said he expected to be absent for 10 to 15 days. However, Cooper says it could be between three to four weeks before the summer signing returns, due to a calf strain.
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“There’s always light; we’re not despondent or negative,” he said of the Reds’ substantial injury list ahead of this weekend’s trip to face West Ham United. “We’ve had a great training week.
“Of course you’d like a different situation with player availability, but that’s not the case. We’re not going to dwell on it too much.
“Serge is added to the injury list. He’s going to be out for three to four weeks as well.
“It’s just one of those things that we constantly have to get on with. I say it every week, we would like it to be a different situation, but my focus is just on the guys who can play at West Ham on Saturday.
“I’m not thinking about too much else. It’s unfortunate, but it is what it is, and we get on with it.”
Jesse Lingard (Achilles’ and knee) and Ryan Yates (illness) have both been pictured in training this week. But Forest are still without Scott McKenna (hamstring), Willy Boly (hamstring), Dean Henderson (thigh), Taiwo Awoniyi (groin), Cheikhou Kouyate (hamstring), Moussa Niakhate (hamstring), Omar Richards (hairline fracture of the leg) and Giulian Biancone (ACL).
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