Zimbabwean Brendan Galloway’s injury gives manager...

Zimbabwean Brendan Galloway’s injury gives manager sleepless nights

Warriors Hopeful Brendan Galloway Joins English Side Plymouth Argyle - NewZimbabwe.com

Zim Now Writer

Plymouth Argyle manager Steven Schumacher has lamented the void his team faces with the recent injury picked by Zimbabwe international and one of his key players, Brendan Zibusiso Galloway.

Galloway, a past recipient of the LFE League One Apprentice Award, has been recommended to rest the leg for three months after the doctor, during a scan, diagnosed him of a grade three tear. He suffered the injury at training last Tuesday.

The development has left manager Schumacher in a dilemma as he has also had to deal with the absence of four other players in his camp who are out due to varying injuries. These are Conor Grant, Danny Mayor, Finn Azaz and James Bolton

Commenting on Galloway’s misfortune the manager said, "It was a really innocuous one. He completed the session on Tuesday fine, and then went for a scan on Thursday expecting it to be a minimal strain, but it's not.

"If you do that then you shouldn't really be finishing the session, so l was surprised."

"We've just got to try and deal with it and be ready when we can in January to get some more bodies in that will help. We all know about Brendan's history, but I think it's his first muscle injury that he's had since he's been with us.

"It's a real blow because he's a good player and the more fit players that we've got help us get through these hard games, so we're going to miss him."

Gallloway is a highly-rated player who has turned out for clubs such as Luton Town FC, Sunderland AFC, Everton and West Bromwich Albion. A member of the Zimbabwe national team, the Warriors, he has also featured for the English Youth squads in the U17, U18, U19 and U21 sides.

He plays as a left/centre back and prior to picking up the recent injury, he had played 14 matches for his current club, Plymouth Argyle.