LOUM TO FACE SCAN AFTER INJURY ISSUE
READING FC manager Paul Ince confirmed that Mamadou Loum will be having a scan to assess the extent of his injury.
The midfielder, on loan from FC Porto, missed out on the matchday squad in Reading’s win over Stoke City after getting injured in training.
“We lost Mama (Mamadou Loum) yesterday in training,” said Ince
“He trained yesterday and felt his groin 10 minutes into training.
“To be completely honest with you because I’m an honest guy, If he had played, I probably would have gone with Shane (Long) up front on his own.
“So I probably got away with that. He could be out for a couple of weeks.
“He’s got to go for a scan tomorrow morning to see what the problem is so he could be out for a couple of weeks as well as Naby (Sarr).”
Naby Sarr made his debut last weekend against Millwall where he scored the only goal of the game to mark his first Royals performance in style.
But he was taken off at half-time in Reading’s away defeat at Sheffield United and now may miss a few weeks.
Ince continued: “Sometimes I moan about having a threadbare squad but in its perverse way it can have its advantages.
“We’re asking the same players to keep performing.
“We keep going, keep battling, keep fighting for each other and we won’t always win games but we won’t give up.
“I’m pleased for Lucas on his birthday. I said to him if you work hard you get your goals and he did. He worked really hard, he was outstanding today and got his goals on the back of it.
“I thought Thomas (Ince) was exceptional in the midfield. His work rate is phenomenal, it was Premier League stuff today.
“Maybe it was because it’s against his old club, but he usually plays that way anyway.”