Luton says Injury-prone Nakamba out for 6 weeks; to miss Zim World Cup qualifiers

By Agencies

Zimbabwe Warriors captain Marvelous Nakamba has suffered another injury and will be out of the Warriors’ next World Cup Qualifiers against Benin and Nigeria this month.

England Championship club Luton said Nakamba sustained a serious injury in the calf muscles and will be out of action for at least six weeks.

Luton Town boss Matt Bloomfield confirmed the injury, saying: “Shandon (Baptiste) and Marv (Nakamba), both out six weeks. Both got serious injuries, so we’ll be missing them for a little period of time.”

The gaffer added: “We took Marv off at half time [at Watford] because I felt like he wasn’t moving very well. I didn’t realise he was injured.

“We were getting overrun. We’ve spoken about that already. About how we need to be quicker. We need to be fitter.

He continued; “We need to be more robust and playing more games regularly.

“So we’ve had to make three changes to affect the game at half time. and then I found out that he had a tight calf. Then I got told he had a scan and it was six weeks out.”

The injury means Nakamba will miss Zimbabwe’s World cup qualifier against Nigeria later this month.

The 31-year-old’s absence will be a big blow for the Warriors, who are still searching for their first win in the qualifying series.

Zimbabwe occupy bottom spot in Group C with two points from four matches.

Nakamba has made 21 league appearances this season after returning from long term knee injury that sidelined him for over nine months