Injury list gets worse as Dele-Bashiru ruled out for two months watfordfc
Midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru faces a couple of months on the sidelines after sustaining an ankle ligament injury at Swansea on Friday, meaning Watford travel to Norwich without 11 players.
And to make matters worse for head coach Slaven Bilic, he can’t select either of the club’s recent signings – Ismael Kone and Matheus Martins – as the club have released an update that they are both ineligible. As well as Dele-Bashiru, Kone and Martins, the Hornets head east without Joao Pedro, Ken Sema, Tom Cleverley, Hamza Choudhury, Dan Gosling, Imran Louza, Edo Kayembe, Rey Manaj and Kortney Hause – all of whom are injured – while Hasane Kamara will be serving the second game of a four-match suspension.That list of injured players includes five midfielders, leaving recent signing Leandro Bacuna as the only recognised central midfielder in the squad.