A close source said Ramsay won't be back ,came from the mouth of a Villa player .
My thoughts too. He was wearing a protective boot a few days after the Norwich game, and now he’s back at villa. Sounds like a recurrence of his ankle injury from earlier in the season.
Fry I suspect is out for the season too, if it’s right that his issues are to do with the Braithwaite face kick from 2 years ago, then it sounds like some kind of issue with his cheek or orbital bone not healing. That would likely take 6 months of no heading the ball and/or an operation to get a final resolution. He has worn a mask a lot this season, so sounds like this could be a serious one.
Forss looked like a muscle problem when he went off but he walked off so not a full tear, 3-4 weeks usually, should be fit for the second leg if not the first.
If we can avoid anymore injuries then we’re looking at :
Steffen
Smith McNair Lenihan Giles
Howson Hackney
Forss Akpom McGree
Archer
As our starting XI with subs from
Roberts, Dijksteel, Bola, Barlaser, Mowatt, Jones, Crooks, Muniz