Rob Holding of Crystal Palace has been given another blow in his disastrous season, as he suffers a new knee setback. The defender is scheduled to miss at least the next two matches, including Wednesday’s Premier League meeting with Newcastle, due to a hamstring injury.
This is just the latest setback for Holding, who arrived from Arsenal for £4 million last summer but has battled to make the first team. After ankle surgery, the 28-year-old made the bench for Sunday’s 5-2 win over West Ham.
His only appearance for Palace has been against Manchester United in the Carabao Cup in September.
“Unfortunately, Rob Holding is injured again,” said Eagles manager Oliver Glasner, who otherwise has a completely healthy squad for the Newcastle game.
“It’s difficult because he’s just returned from injury. We don’t know the severity, but it’s something with his hamstring, so we’re not sure how long it’ll take.”
He added: “He will undoubtedly miss the Newcastle game and, I believe, Saturday’s match against Fulham.
“When you come back after a long injury and work so hard, and then see him smiling in training with the team and his first time in the squad…” Glasner lamented. “But sometimes it happens, especially if you are not used to team training or your body isn’t used to it.”
He went on to say, “It happened and we have to accept and learn from it so that it doesn’t happen again.”
