Lyon’s Ainsley Maitland-Niles to miss Europa League knockout round tie against Celta Vigo | OneFootball

Olympique Lyonnais’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (28) “is expected to be out for two weeks,” announced his coach Paulo Fonseca at a press conference.

A starter in Thursday’s French Cup quarter-final defeat to RC Lens (2-2, 4-5 a.p.), the Englishman was forced to give way to Hans Hateboer (32) with 20 minutes remaining. Subsequent tests revealed that he had suffered an adductor injury.

Already ruled out of Sunday evening’s Ligue 1 match against Paris FC, Maitland-Niles is also unlikely to feature in the double-header against Celta Vigo in the Europa League round of 16. His participation in next weekend’s league match against Le Havre is also compromised.

Yet another blow for OL, already missing numerous players, who will also be unable to call upon Hateboer or Noham Kamara (19) against the Spanish side, as neither player is registered on the UEFA list.

Malick Fofana (20), Ernest Nuamah (22), Afonso Moreira (20), Pavel Šulc (25) and Ruben Kluivert (24) are also likely to remain sidelined for the next few days.

GFFN | Léo Aschi