WATFORD manager, Roy Hodgson has ruled William Troost-Ekong out for the “foreseeable future” after the defender strained his muscle.
Hodgson announced on Friday ahead of the Hornets’ game against Arsenal at Vicarage Road.
“It’s a muscle strain, the same with Troost-Ekong,” said Hodgson of Senegal star, Ismaila Sarr.
“It’s going to keep them both out of the equation for the foreseeable future, but I don’t know how long exactly.
“It’s not a minor thing, it’s not a knock, both have muscle strains, and that can take anything from a week to four weeks to recover from.”
Nigeria earlier announced Troost-Ekong, a mainstay of the team and assistant captain of the Super Eagles as one of the invited players.
Should he be declared missing out of the game as a result of the injury, Alanyaspor’s Chidozie Awaziem has been listed as the standby defender on the provisional squad.