Nottingham Forest hit with injury blow as Ryan Yates faces spell on sidelines

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Nottingham Forest midfielder Ryan Yates faces three weeks out with a calf injury. The box-to-box midfielder opened his account last weekend in the win at Millwall.

But he came off in the closing stages of Wednesday's home defeat to Middlesbrough. Both clubs have been interested in signing the promising midfielder,23, who is under contract until 2023.

But Forest boss Chris Hughton is a huge admirer after making him a regular. Now though Forest, who are 20 th in the Championship and battling the drop, are set to be without Yates for three weeks.

He will miss Saturday's FA Cup tie at Swansea and could be out for up to four games. Hughton said: “Ryan felt his calf during the game and at one stage he looked like he could continue but that