Oliver Glasner has given an injury update on Morgan Gibbs-White ahead of Nottingham Forest’s Premier League clash at Liverpool.
Forest travel to Anfield for Saturday’s early kick-off, with Glasner still looking for his first win since leaving Crystal Palace for the City Ground.
Forest suffered a late defeat to Leeds United in their Premier League opener last weekend, before being dumped out of the Carabao Cup by the same opponents.
Star player Gibbs-White twisted his ankle during the first match and later suffered from knee pain which ruled him out of the cup clash.
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The attacking midfielder, a popular pick on Fantasy Premier League, was a doubt for the Liverpool game as a result, but Glasner has now confirmed he is fit to start the big match.
‘Morgan is available, and Ryan Yates is available, which is good news,’ the Austrian manager said in his pre-match press conference on Friday.
‘But Ibrahim [Sangare] has picked up a minor calf injury in Wednesday’s training session and will miss tomorrow’s game. But the other two are available.’
Following the two losses to Leeds, in which Forest failed to score a goal, Glasner has splashed the cash on a new striker, signing Liam Delap from Chelsea in a deal worth up to £50million.
The Englishman could make his debut for his new club this weekend, with Glasner saying: ‘We were in talks for many days to be honest, we tried to convince him and obviously we could convince Liam that Nottingham Forest is the right club, at the right moment for where he is in his career.
‘Also I think, before he picked Chelsea, everybody in the Premier League wanted Liam after his amazing season at Ipswich.
‘When we heard that it was possible [to sign Delap] and we were looking for a striker, with physicality and especially pace and runs in behind. We had other profiles, with a top, top striker in the box with Chris Wood, a proven Premier League goalscorer.
‘We are playing more with a number nine, with Igor [Jesus]. We were looking for this profile and Liam was the fit. We are the perfect club for him and I am convinced that he is the perfect player for us.’
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