The chances of Watford making an instant return to the English Premier League suffered a huge blow with news that they will be without one of the players they were banking on to end the season on a high.
Yesterday, they announced the departure of coach Slaven Bilic after five months at the helm with Chris Wilder named as his replacement. However before his departure he dropped a not too happy news for fans of the team regarding the fitness of Tom Dele-Bashiru.
Dele-Bashiru hasn’t played for the team since damaging ankle ligaments in the 4-0 defeat at Swansea on 30 December.
At the time, he was expected to be out for “a couple of months” but has picked up another ankle problem in training. The former Nigeria U20 and U23 midfielder is now expected to miss the rest of the season. The 23 year old was hoping to make a huge impression at the club this season after a loan spell with Reading all through last season.
It’s the second major disruption he has suffered in three years due to injury and it has slowed his promising career, which started at Manchester City, it is also part of why he isn’t in the plans of the senior national team of Nigeria yet.
Osas Mahawi
