Sunderland have been dealt a blow with the information {that a} participant could possibly be set for a three-month harm absence, in response to supervisor Regis Le Bris.
Sunderland again in Championship motion
The Black Cats may barely have requested for a greater opening to their 2024/25 season, sitting prime of the Championship desk and successful all 4 matches within the course of.
Le Bris has made an imperious begin to life as Sunderland supervisor, beating Cardiff Metropolis and Portsmouth away, in addition to choosing up house wins towards Sheffield Wednesday and Burnley.
The Championship outfit return to home motion on Saturday, following the worldwide break, with an extended journey to Plymouth Argyle coming their manner. Their opponents are languishing in twenty second place, failing to win within the league to this point this season, so one other three factors could possibly be anticipated.
An absence of accidents have definitely helped Sunderland of late, permitting Le Bris to largely title his strongest potential beginning lineup, however an harm replace has now emerged that acts as a blow.
Le Bris confirms harm blow for Sunderland
In quotes supplied by The Sunderland Echo, Le Bris confirmed that Sunderland teenager Ahmed Abdullahi will miss an prolonged interval of motion by harm, having had groin surgical procedure:
“Ahmed is totally different as a result of he can have surgical procedure. He’ll most likely have ten to 12 weeks off the pitch. It wasn’t so clear after we signed him. We want an skilled to grasp precisely what the issue was. Now, we all know. The analysis is obvious and will probably be solved after this surgical procedure. He had this ache, a soreness in his groin, for a very long time. It was not very clear, however now I feel will probably be solved. All of the gamers who’ve been away are again with no issues. In any other case, there is not any new accidents.”
Admittedly, Abdullahi hasn’t but made an look for Sunderland since shifting in the summertime, so it’s onerous to explain him as a key man.
He’s an thrilling younger participant, although, and never having him out there for such a very long time impacts the squad depth at Le Bris’ disposal. The 20-year-old may miss as much as 16 matches, ought to he be out till three months from now, and his supervisor outlined his high quality after he arrived from Gent final month, saying:
“He is a giant boy, fast and powerful. He is a great finisher, he is younger, 20 – so like Eliezer he’ll want time to develop for positive and to combine all the weather we’ve got within the workforce. However he is a great signing. We all know there’s at all times strain however after all, we perceive they want time to develop and to make errors in order that they will be taught. This would be the case with Ahmed for positive.”
The hope is that this ongoing groin difficulty will likely be solved with the surgical procedure, as Le Bris alludes to, permitting Abdullahi to be an essential determine for Sunderland in the course of the second half of the season.
