Confirmed: Norwich City dealt big Josh Sargent blow.
Josh Sargent is set to be out for eight weeks with a groin injury, Norwich City manager Johannes Hoff Thorup has confirmed.
The Canaries were without many of their regular starters on Saturday. Sargent, Anis Ben Slimane, Angus Gunn, Marcelino Nunez; they were all missing against Cardiff City.
They so nearly were able to get a good result from their trip to the Welsh capital, but two late goals undid all the good work that Norwich had done pre and post another one of Borja Sainz’s wonderstrikes, and they took nothing away from the match.
It will have been a blow for many of the younger players involved in this game, like Gabriel Forsyth and Oscar Schwartu (both 18), who were in the starting XI, to have let their lead slip so late on. But, that’s in the past now and the focus is on getting right ahead of their matchup with Sheffield Wednesday, at Hillsborough.
The Owls, themselves, are coming off the back of a frustrating loss, but their 6-2 defeat has fueled more shame than anger.
Hoff Thorup confirmed after the loss to Cardiff that none of the unfit players would be back for Wednesday night’s action, but their injury woes have been made even worse by some bad news surrounding their star American striker.
Josh Sargent set to miss eight weeks
Sargent faces eight weeks on the sideline as he needs surgery on a groin injury that he picked up prior to Saturday’s match.
It was expected that he would be out until after the upcoming international break, but it now appears that a new year’s return is more likely for the 24-year-old.
“It’s going to require surgery, so we are talking eight weeks,” said the Danish manager on Sargent’s injury.
