{"id":9072,"date":"2022-02-10T12:16:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T17:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/10\/the-latest-on-ismaila-sarrs-availability-for-watford-vs-brighton\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T12:16:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T17:16:19","slug":"the-latest-on-ismaila-sarrs-availability-for-watford-vs-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/10\/the-latest-on-ismaila-sarrs-availability-for-watford-vs-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest on Ismaila Sarr\u2019s availability for Watford vs Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watford manager Roy Hodgson has, on Thursday afternoon, provided an insight into the possibility of Ismaila Sarr marking his return to the club\u2019s matchday setup this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Sarr, of course, is fresh off the back of securing the first piece of international silverware of his career this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The explosive wide-man was utilised from the off, and looked dangerous en route to Senegal getting the better of Egypt to clinch glory at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SADIO MANE WINS IT FOR SENEGAL!!! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFCON?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFCON<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wmQ6cKyHP4\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wmQ6cKyHP4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1490442991105986564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sarr, though, missed all of his nation\u2019s first four outings of the tournament, owing to a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>So, will the 23-year-old be thrown back in at the deep end when Watford welcome Brighton to Vicarage Road this coming Saturday? It remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a press conference on Thursday, Roy Hodgson was pressed directly on the chances of Sarr being integrated into his setup from the off at the weekend, but admitted that he is yet to come to a definitive decision on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The former Stade Rennais standout, though, is in line to return to training on Friday, meaning his participation at some point in proceedings against Brighton certainly cannot be ruled out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WatfordFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WatfordFC<\/a> Hodgson says Sarr is due to return to training tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Will be assessed to see if he can play against Brighton Saturday.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SlDkpHopVc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/SlDkpHopVc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Collings (@sr_collings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sr_collings\/status\/1491792126530654226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Relegation looms large<\/h2>\n<p>Watford will of course head into the weekend\u2019s Premier League action still very much in the thick of the battle against the drop to the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, Hodgson\u2019s troops sit 19th in the English top-flight table, three points adrift of Newcastle United, who looked much improved en route to a 3-1 downing of Everton during the week.<\/p>\n<p>The Hornets, on the other hand, saw the club\u2019s winless streak across all competitions reach a hefty eleven fixtures, owing to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of West Ham United.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jarrod Bowen is in some form ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QEZQy1A24c\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QEZQy1A24c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 West Ham United (@WestHam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WestHam\/status\/1491403726044770310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/barcelona-dealt-coutinho-transfer-blow-as-adama-deal-weighed-up\/\">Barcelona dealt Coutinho transfer blow as Adama deal weighed up<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/revealed-the-three-managers-in-the-frame-to-replace-marcelo-bielsa-at-leeds-this-summer\/\">Revealed: The three managers \u2018in the frame\u2019 to replace Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds this summer<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Watford manager Roy Hodgson has, on Thursday afternoon, provided an insight into the possibility of Ismaila Sarr marking his return to the club\u2019s matchday setup this weekend. Sarr, of course, is fresh off the back of securing the first piece of international silverware of his career this past weekend. The explosive wide-man was utilised [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-9072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}