Sheffield Wednesday: Owls sweating over goalkeeper
The academy starlet was due to start last night’s 1-0 friendly win over Portuguese champions Benfica at Hillsborough.
But the England Under-21 international hurt his finger in the warm-up and was replaced by new signing Jake Kean.
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Hide AdBoss Carlos Carvalhal has confirmed Wildsmith has undergone a scan to determine the full extent of the problem. Wednesday are set to fly out to Faro this afternoon as they continue to step up their preparations ahead of the new Championship campaign.
The Owls chief said: “Joe has turned his finger. He’s having an X-ray now.
“If he has broken a finger, he won’t go (to Portugal). We hope he hasn’t broken a finger. Let’s see. We are waiting.”
Carvalhal was pleased with Kean’s first appearance since joining Wednesday on a free-transfer from Norwich City.
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Hide AdHe said: “He did very well. He was calm and gave confidence to the team. I’m very happy with him.
“Day by day, week by week he will understand how we play and will do better. He will keep getting better.”
Forestieri bagged his second goal in the space of five days to extend Wednesday’s unbeaten pre-season run to three matches. It was their second successive victory and clean sheet.
Keiren Westwood missed out due to a minor knock. There has been speculation linking him with a move to Hull City, who beat the Owls in the Championship Play-Off final last May, but Carvalhal insists he has “heard absolutely nothing” regarding that talk.