All eyes are on Morgan Gibbs-White as Nottingham Forest prepare to face Aston Villa in the Europa League tomorrow night.
Forest are 90 minutes away from the final after last week’s 1-0 first-leg victory at the City Ground.
One of Forest or Aston Villa will take a place in the Istanbul showpiece later this month, and the Reds are up for the challenge, it would seem.
Gibbs-White is the Forest player bang in form at the moment, and Vitor Pereira has now delivered an update on the stricken player after his gruesome injury at Chelsea.
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Vitor Pereira hints that Morgan Gibbs-White might play for Forest
The question that journalists were desperate to ask in today’s press conference was regarding the availability of Gibbs-White.
The player collided with Robert Sanchez on Monday during the 3-1 win over Chelsea and required stitches in his forehead.
Pereira is going to make what he calls a late decision on whether or not his captain is fit to play in the second leg against Villa.
He said in his press conference: “We’ll see tomorrow if he is able to play or not. It is a decision between the player and the medical department; we will have a last meeting to decide.
“We have a plan with and without him.”
Could Morgan Gibbs-White wear a mask
It would appear that if Gibbs-White is fit to play, he will do so with protective gear on his face.
The gruesome injury took a number of stitches and given his all-action style of play, the Reds star will need to tread with caution.
Pereira added: “I think so (he will wear a mask), I don’t know the colour! But I think yesterday he went to make the mask and have one measured up.”
Gibbs-White will be desperate to play in a game of such magnitude, and the hope will be that the number 10 will be on the team sheet when it’s announced tomorrow night.
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