Coventry City injury news from CoventryLive as Mark Robins provides an update on five players who have picked up pre-season injuries
Mark Robins was left counting the cost of another injury to one of his key Coventry City players after a comfortable 3-1 pre-season win at League One Stevenage.
Star midfielder Ben Sheaf limped off just minutes after going on midway through the second half with what the Sky Blues boss thinks is an ankle injury. He joins Haji Wright, Victor Torp, Raphael Borges Rodrigues and Oliver Dovin in the treatment room.
Providing an update on his injured players, first asked how bad the latest injury is for Sheaf, Robins said: “I don’t know. He just took his time on a pass when they were pressing and I think it just caught him.
“He tried to play the ball with the outside of his foot and I think he might have had some pressure applied by the studs of one of their players, and he may have turned his ankle a little bit, so I don’t know yet. But he was clearly too uncomfortable to carry on.”
Wright, meanwhile, took a whack to an ankle and had to go off after just two minutes of Friday night’s goalless draw with Getafe in Valencia. Asked how long he’s likely to be out, the manager said: “Haji’s going to be however long he’s going to be. It was an impact injury that turned his ankle. He has a bit of swelling there so we are just waiting for that to go down and subside, but he’s not in any pain any more and I am hoping he can get back quickly.”
Asked if he’s likely to miss the start of the season, he said: “I have no idea yet.”
As for midfielder Victor Torp, he revealed: “Yep, he hurt his groin. He rotated his hip and there is an issue in the groin so we have to wait for him as well.”
Winger Raphael Borges Rodrigues, meanwhile, was at Stevenage but only as a spectator.
“He played against Port Vale and hurt his thigh, and these are the things that can happen if you’re not used to the training,” explained Robins of the player who has come from Australia’s A-League.
“The only thing you can do is look after them as much as you can, but they have got to get fit as well, and if they don’t then they end up under-cooked and so you have to get them to a point where they can tolerate the training loads. And that can be part of the problem when you bring in players from abroad who have not experienced the intensity of the work that’s carried out.”
And finally, new goalkeeper Oliver Dovin is carrying small shoulder injury but should be back in training on Thursday.
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