Roy Hodgson says £20,000-a-week Crystal Palace player injured in training – reporter

Roy Hodgson spoke today at his press conference ahead of the game against Crystal Palace this weekend and unfortunately a player has been injured in training.

Crystal Palace have had a decent start to the Premier League season but it could no doubt have gone a little bit better as well.

The club will be happy with seven points so far, but this weekend’s game against Fulham is a true test to see if Crystal Palace can challenge top half this season.

Now, manager Roy Hodgson has shared that Naouirou Ahamada is now injured due to something that happened in training.

The latest news was covered in Roy Hodgson’s press conference and journalist Edmund Brack shared what the manager had to say about the Frenchman.

According to the journalist, the Crystal Palace manager shared that: “Ahamada sprained his ankle in training this week”

This will no doubt be frustrating as it means yet another player who can play on the wings is out injured for the weekend.

Michael Olise and Matheus Franca are both injured for the foreseeable and the Eagles are certainly lacking depth in attack.

The £20k-a-week player has struggled for minutes this season under Hodgson but he is definitely a good option to have on the bench.

Hopefully the injury is not long term and no doubt all associated with the club will be over the moon when they have a fully fit squad.

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Crystal Palace Roy Hodgson has confirmed that Marc Guehi and Jordan Ayew will be available for tomorrow’s Premier League clash against Fulham – but midfielder Naouirou Ahamada has sprained his ankle in training this week.

Ayew went off in the 25th minute in last weekend’s 3-1 defeat at Aston Villa after a coming together with John McGinn left the former Swansea attacker with a dead leg.

Guehi, 23, missed the game after coming off at half-time on international duty with England in their friendly win over Scotland.

“He (Ayew) suffered a nasty blow which gave him a dead leg, but he has recovered well,” Hodgson said.

“The players we have out are long-term, (Michael) Olise and (Matheus) Franca. In the shorter term, we have [Jefferson] Lerma, (James) Tomkins and [Naouirou] Ahamada — who sprained his ankle — are missing.”

Ahamada, 21, joined last winter from German side Stuttgart.

He has played three times this season for the Eagles in the Premier League, with all of his appearances coming from the bench.

“He caught his foot in the turf,” explained Hodgson of Ahamda’s injury.

“Those three are not serious injuries, but it is going to keep them out for a period of time.”