Nottingham Forest sweating on the fitness of Aina ahead of trip to Manchester United 

Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper is sweating on the fitness of summer signing Ola Aina ahead of his side's Premier League game against Manchester United next Saturday. 

Cooper has revealed the reason behind the versatile defender's absence against Sheffield United on Friday night.
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​The two-time European champions picked up their first victory of the new Premier League campaign by beating the Premier League new boys 2-1 at the City Ground with Taiwo Awoniyi on the scoresheet for the sixth consecutive game.
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​Aina's omission came as a surprise as he started Nottingham Forest's first game of the season against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium last week.
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​He was replaced in the 72nd minute by Neco Williams as Forest aimed to salvage something from the encounter. and it was the Liverpool academy product who took his place in yesterday's encounter
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Cooper has disclosed that Aina picked up a training ground injury which could see him miss the trip to Old Trafford. 

In quotes relayed by NottinghamshireLive, the 43-year-old said: "He tweaked his groin in training a couple of days ago. We did everything we could to get him fit, but he didn't quite make it.

"It's not serious. We'll see for next week or maybe the cup game (against Burnley) after that. It's nothing too serious, but it will rule him out for a little bit."

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​According to Transfermarkt, Aina missed 19 games last season at Torino due to muscle-related injuries.

The Super Eagles star will be hoping his injury record gets better this season as hopes to extend his one-year stay at the City Ground or secure a favorable move elsewhere.

Abdulkareem Abdulhamid

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