By
Akeem Lawal
NIGERIA international, Isaac Success has suffered another
injury setback and might not be available when Watford take on Swansea City in
a Premier League match at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday.
Watford manager, Walter Mazzarri revealed on Thursday
that the 20 year old who joined the Hornets on a then-club record of £12.5
million from Granada in the summer, has not trained this week due to a thigh
problem picked up in his man of the match display at Middlesbrough on his
maiden start.
“We need to check on him,” said Mazzarri. “He didn’t
train the whole week and is a doubt for the game. He might not be available. I
will make my decision on Saturday morning. When making the final decision, I
don’t see how they played in the last game: I look at how they trained the
whole week.”
The last comment would effectively rule out the forward
who was struggling in the closing stages of the 1-0 win over Middlesbrough at
the Riverside.
“After I substituted him, the physio was telling me
during the game he was hurting,” said the head coach.
“After the 90 minutes, and back in the dressing room, I
had a look at him and the physio confirmed he could not train because of a
muscle problem. He hasn’t been training regularly [all season] because of his
muscle problems.”
This latest injury might denied the former junior
international another call up to the Super Eagles squad ahead of the 2018 World
Cup qualifier against Algeria next month, having missed out of Nigeria’s 2-1
win over Zambia in Ndola about two weeks ago because of
injury.
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