Official club update on Callum Wilson and Jonjo Shelvey after missing brilliant win at Leicester nufc
At 2pm on Boxing Day, the big news was the absence of Callum Wilson from both team and indeed, matchday squad.Callum Wilson had started against Bournemouth on Tuesday and indeed had featured in Friday’s official training images released by the club, whilst Shelvey had come off the bench late on against the Cherries, though wasn’t seen in Friday’s training photos .
Following the 3-0 win over Leicester, there has been an official update from the club on the two missing players.“It looks like six to eight weeks, unfortunately, for Jonjo Shelvey.“He resumed training and felt OK.“It is enough to keep him out for that length of time .“He worked incredibly hard to be fit for pre-season and to be ready for the rigours he faced, the fact that the team were playing a certain way.“When he picked up his hamstring injury, we were really disappointed for him.
“I saw him work so hard to get back from that hamstring injury and he came back slightly ahead of schedule, due to the work he put in.Eddie Howe asked when he knew Callum Wilson would be missing this Leicester match:“He was in at the training ground a couple of days ago and we felt he would be OK, even though he was slightly run down.“He would only rule himself out of a game if he knew he couldn’t do the team justice, in terms of what he needed to do physically.
Eddie Howe making clear that he expects to have Callum Wilson available for Saturday when Leeds visit, whilst for Jonjo Shelvey it is looking more like towards the end of February before potentially he will be available again.