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Northern Ireland midfielder Shea Charles<\/p>\n
Northern Ireland manager Michael O\u2019Neill looks set to be without Shea Charles for their crucial World Cup qualifying double-header against Slovakia and Luxembourg.<\/p>\n
Southampton manager Will Still has confirmed the hamstring injury Charles suffered during the defeat at Blackburn will see him on the sidelines for “a significant amount of time.”<\/p>\n
Charles had to be replaced 10 minutes from time at Ewood Park after pulling up during a counter-attack last weekend.<\/p>\n
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Still said: “Shea Charles is out for a significant amount of time. Six to seven weeks, he\u2019s done his hamstring.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Neill will name his squad for November\u2019s clashes in Slovakia and at home to Luxembourg on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Northern Ireland boss is already without the suspended Ethan Galbraith for the trip to Slovakia and it will be a significant setback to be without Charles, who has formed an impressive midfield partnership with Ali McCann.<\/p>\n
McCann remains an injury concern after he broke his arm in action for Preston North End.<\/p>\n
Top spot in Group A looks beyond Northern Ireland but second place is still up for grabs, guaranteeing a World Cup Play-Off which appears assured already thanks to last year\u2019s Nations League success.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Neill\u2019s side sit third in the group, three points behind the Germans and Slovakia with just two qualifiers left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland midfielder Shea Charles Northern Ireland manager Michael O\u2019Neill looks set to be without Shea Charles for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[31133,8543,1144,8538,16,15,1514],"class_list":{"0":"post-538623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-michael-oneill","9":"tag-national-stadium-at-windsor-park","10":"tag-northern-ireland","11":"tag-northern-ireland-football-team","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-world-cup"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115465740178861469","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}