17 February 2021

Stoke suffer Nathan Collins injury blow

17 February 2021

Stoke defender Nathan Collins could be sidelined for up to two months after fracturing a bone in his left foot.

The 19-year-old sustained the injury in the latter stages of the Potters’ 4-1 loss to Norwich in the Championship on Saturday.

Stoke boss Michael O’Neill expects the Republic of Ireland under-21 international to be absent for a minimum of six weeks.

O’Neill told the club’s website: “Nathan has a fracture in his foot, which will probably keep him out for a large part of the remainder of the season to be honest.

“We’ll have to just assess that but it won’t be something that he’ll be back from in a couple of weeks.

“He has also undergone a scan just to check that there’s no additional ligament damage in that area which would make it a little bit more complex.

“But he has basically a fracture in the base of his foot and he’ll be a minimum, I’d suggest, of six to eight weeks.”

O’Neill also confirmed that left-back Morgan Fox picked up a hamstring injury during the midweek victory over Sheffield Wednesday.

“Morgan has a problem with a hamstring,” he added.

“It’s the other hamstring, not the one that kept him out for a few weeks from just before Christmas.

“He doesn’t think it’s as bad but it’s a bit early to assess that.”

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