Ollie Watkins remains a doubt for Aston Villa’s clash with Brentford on Sunday.
The England striker has had a scan on the hamstring injury which forced him off in the first half of Villa’s 3-2 comeback win over Red Bull Salzburg in the Europa League.
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“Watkins, we will see tomorrow [Saturday]. Today he had a scan, and it’s not a clear injury,” boss Unai Emery said.
“He was tired yesterday and the scan is not giving us bad information.
“We will see tomorrow if he’s not feeling comfortable or if he’s feeling comfortable to decide to be with us on Sunday.”
Watkins’ injury adds to Villa’s growing problems with Boubacar Kamara out for the season with a knee injury and John McGinn (knee) and Youri Tielemans (ankle) sidelined for months.
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Tammy Abraham is in line to start on Sunday after joining from Besiktas earlier in the week for £18.25m.
He was in the stands as Villa recovered from 2-0 down to win 3-2 against Austrian champions Salzburg on Thursday.
Emery is battling an injury crisis but believes Villa must be able to cope.
“It’s part of our job and I always accept the injured players because it’s football,” he said.
“This is the reason why we are normally 22, 23, 24 players in the squad with the young players.
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“During the season, you must be ready when someone is getting injured – hopefully not for a long time because a long injury is the worst thing for the players.
“We must compete, we must be ready, and we must get our performance like we need in each moment with the players we have.”
