Jones says Pereira’s loan injury problems are ‘phenomenal’ after Yeovil and Bradford blows

Dion Pereira
Dion Pereira. Photo by Liam Smith

Nathan Jones has called Dion Pereira’s injury woes “phenomenal” after the young attacker suffered a second straight setback while out on loan.

The 22-year-old joined Yeovil Town on loan in October but got injured in his first training session and then only played one match before being recalled by the Hatters.

Pereira then joined Bradford City on loan last month and again suffered an injury blow.

Jones said: “It’s really phenomenal because if I’m honest, Dion has never been injured at our football club, then he went on loan, got injured the first day at Yeovil. Then came back, trained fully with us, then went to Bradford and got injured on the second day.

“It’s quite phenomenal. I don’t know what it is, but quite phenomenal how that has happened, so it’s frustrating as it’s an opportunity. Bradford are a wonderful club and we wanted him to go there and really impact and give Derek (Adam, City manager) a real boost.

“It hasn’t quite worked out like that, but there’s still 10, 12, 14, 15 games left of the season, so we hope that he does get that time and those minutes that give him that opportunity.

“He’s only done a calf, done it twice really, and that’s the really strange thing as he’s never injured here, there’s not many that train with more intensity than us, it’s just really puzzling, if that was to happen again for example, then we will have to really look into something, because it’s a lot of things that could cause that, not just a training session.

“We have to look at everything, so it’s not just he’s a real talent, you have to work at certain stuff, it’s a learning curve about going out on loan for example, when he went down to Yeovil, he travelled down to Yeovil and then trained straight after.

“With me with my experience, if I’m going on loan and it’s three and a half hours away, I’m going down the night before, getting up, stretching, making sure I have good food, plenty of water and I’m ready to go on that day, so those things are learning curves for him and that’s what a career is all about.”

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