Sheffield Wednesday have been handed an damage blow forward of this weekend’s FA Cup recreation towards Mansfield, with Josh Windass seemingly absent from coaching.
The attacking midfielder has been one of many star performers in Darren Moore’s facet to this point this season however was compelled off in final weekend’s win towards Shrewsbury City.
Sheffield Star reporter Joe Crann confirmed that the previous Rangers man wasn’t seen in coaching after he confirmed on Instagram earlier this week that he might face a spell on the sidelines.
Windass wrote: “Obtained slightly knock however all good simply want a superb relaxation.”
It appears doubtless subsequently that the midfielder will probably be absent when the Owls host Mansfield on Saturday afternoon, which is undoubtedly a blow to their hopes of reaching the possibly money-spinning third spherical of the cup.
Solely Barry Bannan has contributed to extra objectives than Windass to this point this marketing campaign, with the 28-year-old ranked because the sixth-best participant in Moore’s facet in keeping with WhoScored.
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He was additionally one of many heroes for Wednesday within the first spherical as they earned a 2-0 win over Morecambe, with Windass’ screamer setting the Owls on their solution to a 2-0 win.
Moore was filled with reward for the Englishman after that recreation, saying:
“It was an exquisite strike from Josh for the purpose. It was a chunk of particular person brilliance. We all know Josh can do this.”
Fortuitously for the Owls boss, he’s blessed with a lot of high quality attacking choices as potential replacements for Windass, with the likes of Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Alex Mighten and Tyreeq Bakinson all able to filling in for the 28-year-old within the attacking midfield spot.
The damage comes at a superb time for Wednesday provided that this weekend sees them tackle decrease league opposition within the cup, however Moore will probably be desperately hoping that Windass is again slot in time for his or her subsequent league recreation towards Derby County subsequent weekend.
