Aston Villa rocked by ankle fracture to left-back Lucas Digne that deepens club’s injury crisis 11
Aston Villa rocked by ankle fracture to left-back Lucas Digne that deepens club’s injury crisis 12
Aston Villa rocked by left-back Lucas Digne’s broken ankle, worsening the club’s defensive injury crisis with boss Steven Gerrard already without several key players
Aston Villa suffer an injury blow with Lucas Digne out with a possible stress fractureVilla now face a defensive crisis with Steven Gerrard without more players Diego Carlos, Matty Cash, Boubacar Kamara are all out with injuries
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Aston Villa face a defensive injury crisis after Lucas Digne picked up an ankle injury that is likely to keep him sidelined for several weeks.
The left-back, who had been called up to the France squad, has a suspected stress fracture which has ruled him out of the upcoming Nations League games against Austria and Denmark.
Yet the injury is also likely to have an impact on Villa, who are already without centre-back Diego Carlos, right-back Matty Cash and holding midfielder Boubacar Kamara.
Lucas Digne has become the latest player to suffer an injury with a suspected broken ankle
Boss Steven Gerrard admitted he was ‘concerned’ about Kamara, who picked up a knee problem in the first half of Villa’s 1-0 win over Southampton on Friday. The fear is that the former Marseille man has damaged ligaments and faces a significant spell out of action.
Gerrard was already without his other big summer signing, Brazilian centre-back Carlos, due to a ruptured Achilles in the second game of the season, while Cash missed out on Poland’s squad for the Nations League due to a hamstring injury.
Villa have taken four points from their last two games – the draw against Manchester City and the win against Saints – after a difficult start to the campaign that had produced four defeats from the first five games.
The injury is a fresh blow for Steven Gerrard, who already has a number of players on the sidelines