Kodjia had missed Villa’s two matches immediately prior to the international break after rolling the same ankle he broke in April, an injury which kept him sidelined for more than four months and caused him to sit out the start of the campaign.After deciding to travel with the Ivory Coast ahead of their crunch World Cup qualifier with Morocco, Kodjia then suffered another injury to the ankle during his first training session with the national team.The 28-year-old, who scored 19 goals last season, will see a specialist on Monday when Villa will learn the true extent of the problem but Bruce has already admitted to fearing the worst.The manager also insisted the club had been “powerless” to prevent Kodjia going away on international duty.“We could not stop him,” said Bruce. “We have been in constant touch with their people. I could not stop him, it was a big World Cup game.“How could I stop him playing in that when he thought he was going to be fit? He was touch and go to play against Sheffield Wednesday and we knew in another week he was going to be OK.“Unfortunately his first intensive training session, what can you do? The first real intensive training session he has done has brought it to life.“He has broken down in that training session and we have now had him here, had scans. We are waiting for the specialists but it is not good.”Read more at Express and Star
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