Cardiff City are keeping their fingers crossed for Will Alves after the Leicester City loanee was sidelined by a knee injury.
The teenage attacking midfielder was absent for the Bluebirds’ 1-0 victory over Hull on Tuesday, a crucial win in the battle to avoid Championship victory.
Alves started the previous two matches, and registered his first assist in the 1-1 draw with Plymouth at the weekend, so it was a surprise he was not included in the squad against Hull.
And Cardiff manager Omer Riza confirmed after Tuesday night’s fixture that he had suffered a knee injury, the extent of which is so far undetermined.
“Will Alves took a whack on his knee against Plymouth and it swelled up,” Riza said. “We’re managing that and hopefully that’s not too serious.”
Any kind of knee injury for the 19-year-old will be a concern given the ACL surgery he underwent just over two years ago.
That injury slowed Alves’s progress and the loan to Cardiff is his first true spell in a senior side.
City are hoping he can hone his game and be in contention for first-team minutes at the King Power Stadium next term.
As things stand, City will be dropping down to the Championship, the division Cardiff are increasingly hopeful of staying in.
The victory over Hull was their first win in five league matches and one that lifted them to 19th, six points clear of the drop.
The Bluebirds are next in action this Friday night, when they face Premier League side Aston Villa in the last 16 of the FA Cup at Villa Park.
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