Noble out of Leicester game
The club has tonight announced that the captain is struggling with inhury and won’t make it against the Foxes.
In the “From the Treatment Room” column Head of Medical and Sport Science Stijn Vandenbroucke says: “Injury-wise, we will be without Mark Noble this weekend.
“Mark picked up a knock in training and passed a fitness test to play against Chelsea. He pushed himself 100 per cent in that game, and then after a few days of recovery and improvement, he played again at Bournemouth.
“Unfortunately, he picked up another knock in the same area of his body in that game and that took him out.
He will also miss Saturday’s game against Leicester City too and a week of rest and rehab will help to prepare him for the three-game week coming up against Hull, Arsenal and Swansea.
Meanwhile, Stijn says: Diafra Sakho who is getting stronger and stronger and he will start training with the PL2 squad next week.
“We work closely with Academy Director Terry Westley to ensure we can introduce returning players to controlled sessions, and Diaf will train with the PL2 squad for two weeks before he returns to training with the first team.”