By admin 
Following the 2-0 loss at Sheffield United earlier this month, teenage defender Reuell Walters broke his foot. As a result, Luton manager Rob Edwards announced that Walters will be sidelined for several months.
After deciding to leave Arsenal in quest of more consistent first-team play, the 19-year-old relocated to Kenilworth Road in the summer. He was undoubtedly receiving that, as evidenced by his appearances in eight of Town’s first nine Championship games, including six starts. After playing 68 minutes at Bramall Lane in an unusual left back spot during the Hatters’ most recent match, he returned to Bedfordshire for treatment after being called up to the England Elite League side during the international break.
When asked specifically what that was this afternoon, Edwards said that the young player would now need to miss a significant amount of time due to the injury. “Reuell had to pull out because he was in a lot of pain after the Sheffield United game and unfortunately he’s broken his foot so he’s going to be out for a significant amount of time,” Edwards said. Although he has previously sustained injuries, this is his first as a first team member.
“He’s been fantastic and puts up a brave front, but it’s clearly really upsetting for both of us. For a young player, he’s had a pretty successful start to life at Luton despite facing challenges over the first few months of the season. It’s challenging because he’s been so excellent, but he’s been extremely upbeat. Although the exact date of the incident is unknown, he had been feeling some discomfort since the previous international break. He deserves respect for persevering through the game for as long as he did, but scanning it revealed that it was swollen and uncomfortable afterward.
Initiate the dialogue
Say anything you want. Please share your thoughts with us by leaving a comment below.
Walters is one of two players who lined up against the Blades who are undoubtedly out of this weekend’s encounter with fierce rivals Watford. Teden Mengi, the center half, is also not present because he canceled his England U21 assignment. Edwards went on, “Sadly, Teden is not a no. With England, he ripped his calf away. He has been there for a week now, so perhaps it won’t be too long—only three weeks or so.”
In reality, Town’s defense at Kenilworth Road tomorrow may look very different because of an ankle injury that prompted center half Mark McGuinness to abandon the Republic of Ireland camp after receiving his first senior call-up. According to Edwards, Macca returned early. We’ll see because we’ve given him as much time as we can and he hasn’t trained yet.
Given that Amari’ Bell and Mads Andersen are now out, Luton’s defense is reduced to the bare minimum. The only available center halves are Reece Burke, Tom Holmes, and Joe Johnson. Edwards stated, “Amari’s no, not yet, doing really well, but no,” in light of this. Mads, he’s doing fine. He’s jogging outside and getting there while not working with the team yet, so maybe we can bring him back into the program in the upcoming week or two.
We must handle it; it’s a big game that requires our attention. We have no control over broken feet or those going abroad for international duty who roll their ankles and pull their calfs, but nobody complains about it. There are opportunities for maybe one or two people, but I’ve never sought to hide behind that. There are also no excuses. We’ll assess our current situation before attacking the game.
Edwards did have some good news, though, as the Town manager was able to add strikers Carlton Morris and Tahith Chong to the lineup in addition to Japanese international Daiki Hashioka, who hasn’t played a minute this season because of a calf injury sustained prior to the season. “Carlton’s okay, had a good training week, so that’s a positive,” he continued. There are some bright spots despite the clouds: Chongy is fine and has trained for about ten days, as has Hashi. He was affected by the procedures.
Hashish has had a challenging time since joining the team. Despite playing out of position at times and challenging games last season, he gave us everything. It’s hard to settle when you’re coming from another country regardless. He has therefore been a benefit to our return and has infused the training group with positive spirit.