Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has no news on the fitness of his players who went away on international duty. He did, however, issue a positive update on four members of his squad ahead of the trip to Leeds United.
James Ward Prowse, Kyler Walker-Peters, Fraser Forster, Tino Livramento, Che Adams, Stuart Armstrong, Mohamed Elyounossi, Armando Broja and Moussa Djenepo have all been away with their respective countries over the last two weeks. Hassenhuttl, though, will not know the state in which they have comeback in until later today.
It has been a busy week on the international front for the Saints as Walker-Peters was involved in both of England’s games at Wembley, while Ward Prowse played 80 minutes in the second fixture against Cote d’ivoire. Livramento, Broja, Adams and Elyounossi started both of their country’s matches, with Armstrong and Djenepo also featuring in two games.
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Back at their Staplewood training complex, though, the brief hiatus from the Premier League season has enabled them to get a number of bodies back into training ahead of the clash with Leeds. Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Hasenhuttl issued the following update.
He said: "I think Alex McCarthy is back in light training with the goalkeepers, Will Smallbone had Covid but is back in training, Oriol was a little doubt with some stomach problems, but he is back in. Nathan Tella is also back training with the team. So far, I have no messages about injuries from the internationals, I will see them this afternoon.”
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