{"id":2231,"date":"2022-08-17T23:09:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T23:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/jamilu-collins-cardiff-city-await-extent-of-nigeria-defenders-knee-injury\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T23:09:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T23:09:48","slug":"jamilu-collins-cardiff-city-await-extent-of-nigeria-defenders-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/jamilu-collins-cardiff-city-await-extent-of-nigeria-defenders-knee-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamilu Collins: Cardiff City await extent of Nigeria defender&#8217;s knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$image-0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$image-0.1\">Jamilu Collins had to be helped off the pitch at the Hawthorns just five minutes into the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1\"><span data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1.0\">Cardiff City are waiting to discover the extent of defender Jamilu Collins&#8217; knee injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\"><span data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0.0\">The 28-year-old Nigeria international sustained the injury during the Bluebirds&#8217; goalless draw at West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><span data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">Collins has impressed at left-back for Cardiff this season having joined from German side SC Paderborn in the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">&#8220;We&#8217;re at the assessment stage but it doesn&#8217;t look great at the minute,&#8221; said Cardiff manager Steve Morison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">&#8220;We&#8217;ll have to see how he settles down. I don&#8217;t want to start speculating [how severe it might be].<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">&#8220;It&#8217;s tough for him to take &#8211; he&#8217;s the best left-back in the league.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">Midfielder Callum O&#8217;Dowda replaced Collins at the Hawthorns and continued his fine start to the season in a new position at left-back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">Academy product Joel Bagan, who featured regularly in the first team last season, is a natural left-back and could come in for Collins against Bristol City on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".1mvij1w0bnq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">&#8220;He [O&#8217;Dowda] was fantastic and now it&#8217;s an opportunity for Joel [Bagan],&#8221; Morison added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/62584757?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamilu Collins had to be helped off the pitch at the Hawthorns just five minutes into the game Cardiff City are waiting to discover the extent of defender Jamilu Collins&#8217; knee injury. The 28-year-old Nigeria international sustained the injury during the Bluebirds&#8217; goalless draw at West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday. Collins has impressed at left-back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50],"tags":[1658,1657,297,1656,1660,1201,1662,1655,1661,1659],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231\/revisions\/2233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}