Hannibal injury fears played down after 'knock' during Burnley v Aston Villa
Mike Jackson has allayed any fears of a potential injury for Hannibal after the Burnley midfielder was forced off during their game against Aston Villa.
The 23-year-old was enjoying a fine performance during Sunday’s 2-2 draw before he required medical treatment midway through the second half.
Hannibal had to be replaced in the 69th minute by Lyle Foster, but was fortunately able to walk off unaided.
With a World Cup on the horizon with Tunisia, Hannibal will inevitably have been fearful of suffering a recurrence of the hamstring injury that recently saw him miss three games.
But Burnley’s interim boss Jackson has played down those fears, suggesting his withdrawal was more of a precaution than anything.
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“He obviously did his hamstring about six weeks ago, seven weeks ago,” he explained.
"Then he came back, but he's not had lots of training, so with the intensity that he plays at and the effort that he puts in, it was one of them where he's just done, so he had to come off.”
Elsewhere, Zeki Amdouni continued his return with a second consecutive sub appearance having spent the entirety of the season out with an ACL injury.
Jordan Beyer, Connor Roberts, Josh Cullen and Enock Agyei all remain sidelined, however, although Roberts is due to feature for Burnley’s Under-21s this coming week.
Like Amdouni, the Welshman has also seen no action this season due to an Achilles problem, as well as a number of other complications.
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