The manager explained the ankle injury sustained by the skipper at Aston Villa is a serious one, which led to the centre-back wearing a protective boot while watching the game against his former club Leicester.
“The good news was it wasn’t broken,“ he said. ”There was no fracture, but a ligament injury, of course, is serious as well. If I’m very positive – that’s maybe stretching it – I’m hopeful that he might be ready for it. I don’t think he’ll play in the league again before [the end of the season]. We’ll do everything we can to get him ready for the final.
“You always try to look after players long term. If he’s fit, he’ll play for us, if he’s not he won’t. As I said, we’re hopeful that he’s ready. If he’s ready for us, he’ll probably be ready for the Euros. Norway are not in the Euros, so I’m not really that concerned [about the European Championship].”
