The Nottingham forest will be without Chris Wood for its quarter -final confrontation of the FA Cup against Brighton.
The striker, who is the top scorer in Forest this season with 18 goals, has injured international service with New Zealand and will not include the Amex stadium on Saturday.
Before the game, manager Nuno Espirito Santo said: “He went for a scan today. We are still waiting. He was with a specialist for a scan. We will wait for the information and will see.
“He will not be available for this match. He felt a really hard kick on his hip, so there is pain there. We have to wait.”
The boss of the forest said he would assess the team later during the day with a number of international service income.
“Whenever there is an international break, we have to assess,” he added. “Many of them have just arrived today. We are still waiting for Ramon Sosa tomorrow and we will assess them all. ”
Better Promance League shooting rate since the start of last season (more fire):
◎ 31.7% – Chris Wood
◎ 28.0% – Jean -Philippe Mateta
◎ 27.2% – Alexander Isak
◎ 21.5% – Erling Haaland
◎ 20.9% – Bryan Mbeumo pic.twitter.com/f8cp5dcjby– whoscored.com (@Whoscored) March 26, 2025
Nuno: Gibb-White does not have to prove that no one
Morgan Gibbs-White experienced a mixed international period, after being excluded from the England team of Thomas Tuchel before being drafted for the injured Cole Palmer.
Disappoinatingly, however, the 25 -year -old was excluded from the first match of England against Albania before he was left on the bench for the second match against Latvia.
Nuno added: “We are proud of all our players who have taken an international break. Morgan went and he was on the team and I hope he has a chance in the future.
“With Morgan, I know him so well and he knows me. We don’t need to speak. For me, Morgan is a better player with so much talent and quality.
“The level of performance and quality that he gave us with and without the ball – I admire Morgan.
“He doesn’t have to prove that no one wrongs. This is not the state of mind he should have.
Nuno Slams day date
ESPIRITO SANTO faced the media shortly after the clubs agreed to maintain the deadline for summer transfer window at the end of August rather than changing to close before the start of the season on August 16.
During the vote, he added: “I think that honestly, the big problem remains and is that the window will always be open when the competition of the Premier League begins.
“This battle is not won. What I believe better for the competition is that the moment when it begins, the window must be closed.”
