Injuries are stacking up for Nottingham Forest as they head into the new year and a crucial period of the season.
The Reds were already without long-term absentees Moussa Niakhate (hamstring), Omar Richards (hairline fracture of the leg), Giulian Biancone (ACL) and Cheikhou Kouyate (hamstring) as the Premier League campaign resumed following the World Cup break. And they are now waiting to find out how long club record signing Morgan Gibbs-White will be sidelined for, while Jesse Lingard had to be substituted in the 3-0 defeat to Manchester United after receiving treatment on the pitch.
Gibbs-White has not featured since being forced off in Forest’s friendly defeat to Valencia, just before the campaign restarted. Boss Steve Cooper said prior to kick-off at Old Trafford that the attacker would be out “for a little while” with a muscle problem.
