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Adam Idah facing race against time to be fit for Ireland's World Cup play-off

Swansea striker suffered injury in training, with a March return mentioned.

ADAM IDAH’S FITNESS race for Ireland’s World Cup play-off looks set to go right to the wire with Swansea estimating that the striker will miss “around three months” through injury.

Idah suffered a hamstring injury while in training for their game against Coventry City on 26 December, and Swans head coach Vitor Matos offered a tentative prognosis on Sunday.

“It’s less [of a] worry than we thought which is good,” said Matos, “but still it will be around three months, two months and a half, out. Let’s see.”

Ireland’s crunch play-off semi-final against Czechia in Prague is on 26 March, making Idah a significant doubt for the game as things stand.

The injury news comes as a second blow for Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson over the festive period following Josh Cullen’s cruciate ligament injury.

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