{"id":262232,"date":"2026-01-01T20:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/262232\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T20:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:44:07","slug":"idah-facing-significant-time-on-the-sidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/262232\/","title":{"rendered":"Idah facing &#8216;significant&#8217; time on the sidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republic of Ireland international Adam Idah is set for a &#8220;significant&#8221; spell on the sidelines after Swansea City manager Vitor Matos gave an update on the striker.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old picked up a hamstring injury in training before the Swans&#8217; defeat to Coventry City on St Stephen\u2019s Day and is due to see a specialist to address the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The Cork native, who signed from Celtic in September in a deal that could be worth up to around \u20ac10.9m, was a second-half substitute in Ireland\u2019s famous 3-2 win away to Hungary that secured a play-off semi-final date with Czech Republic on 26 March.<\/p>\n<p>He is now a potential doubt for the game in Prague, with Matos stating Idah &#8220;could be&#8221; facing months out of action.<\/p>\n<p>The former Norwich frontman returned south of the border with two league titles and a Scottish FA Cup winners&#8217; medal to his name but having failed to convince his most stern detractors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/soccer\/2025\/0906\/1532135-late-drama-as-idah-ensures-ireland-avoid-opening-defeat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Idah grabbed a crucial late equaliser in Ireland&#8217;s 2-2 draw at home in Hungary<\/a> in September to keep alive World Cup hopes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republic of Ireland international Adam Idah is set for a &#8220;significant&#8221; spell on the sidelines after Swansea City&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-262232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}