Nottingham Forest’s Danilo to bear surgical procedure after ‘critical’ ankle damage – Nuno

Nuno Espirito Santo says Danilo will “come again stronger” as he confirmed that the Nottingham Forest midfielder will bear surgical procedure to restore his damaged ankle subsequent week.

Forest may have a greater concept of the exact timescale of Danilo’s return, as soon as he has undergone surgical procedure.

However Nuno says the early indications are nonetheless that it’s a “critical” damage suffered by the Brazilian, who is anticipated to be sidelined for at least 12 weeks.

Danilo was injured simply eight minutes into the brand new Premier League season, throughout the 1-1 draw with Bournemouth, after touchdown awkwardly and seeing his ankle bend in an unnatural style.

“We miss him, we miss him terribly, It’s a large loss for us, not having him. We want him one of the best. It’s a critical damage. However we’re assured that he’ll come again stronger and able to play,” stated Nuno, forward of the journey to Southampton on Saturday.

“He’s at residence. We communicate with him on daily basis. He nonetheless has some ache, however he’s joyful. He’s all the time constructive, and that’s so essential when you might have an damage. It’s about the way you react.

“We don’t have any form of timescale. He’s hopefully going to have surgical procedure subsequent week after which we may have a correct report from the medical doctors.”

Nuno was happy with the response of his gamers to what was a difficult second for them, as Danilo was carried off the pitch and changed by substitute Ryan Yates.

“The gamers reacted nicely. Yates did rather well, instantly getting the staff onto the entrance foot and imposing us on the sport. However our response, nonetheless, is that we miss Danilo very a lot,” he stated. “It’s all the time very unhappy once you lose a participant — particularly once you realise he’s going to be away for a while.”

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