Clement reveals Norwich City injury worries for Southampton game – and provides updates on duo’s returns

Philippe Clement has confirmed Norwich City will be without “one or two” players from their last match when they face Southampton, while also providing positive updates on Gabe Forsyth and Mirko Topic.

The Norwich head coach was reluctant to reveal too much about his selection plans for the clash but admitted there will be changes to the squad from the defeat to Swansea.

“I don’t want to say too much about the squad as I don’t want to make our opponents too smart but for sure we will miss one or two out of the squad from the last game,” Clement said.

Forsyth is continuing his recovery and has returned to outdoor work with the club’s medical staff after a minor setback.

“Gabe Forsyth is getting better and he is back outside with the physios training,” Clement said.

“He had a small backwards and everybody is really working safely with him, so when he feels something, all the alarms go off after the last two years.

“But there has been a scan and there is nothing to worry about, so it’s about building him back up to get back in the sessions and with the Under-21s.”

There was also encouraging news on Topic, who has been training with the first team for the past two weeks and is now set to feature for the Under-21s against West Ham on Friday.

“Mirko Topic has been doing sessions with us now for the past two weeks and he is going to play on Friday in the Under-21s game,” Clement said.

“It’ll be a big day for him and he’s looking forward to that against West Ham.”