Nottingham Forest have been dealt a major injury blow ahead of their upcoming Carabao Cup clash.

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In recent comments cited by Nottinghamshire Live, Chris Hughton revealed that summer signing Jordi Osei-Tutu will miss Tuesday evening's EFL Cup fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers due to a hamstring injury, which the right-back picked up in the 2-1 loss to Blackburn Rovers last week.

Speaking about the current state of his Forest side, the 62-year-old manager said: "All of those who were not available are still not available - the two Joes, Worrall and Lolley, Loic Mbe Soh, Nuno Da Costa and Jordi Osei-Tutu."

Hughton then touched upon the Arsenal loanee's injury, revealing: "Jordi will be out for several weeks, that we do know. It's a big blow for us. But our thoughts at the moment are about doing everything we can for him, getting him back in the best shape that we can."

Big blow

While the continued absences of Worrall, Lolley, Mbe Soh and Da Costa will undoubtedly come as a blow to Hughton, the fact that Osei-Tutu now looks set for a long spell on the sidelines is sure to be the most gutting news for Hughton.

Indeed, with the £1.08m-rated defender having only joined Forest at the beginning of the month, with his signing made in order to provide Hughton with greater depth at full-back, the 22-year-old's injury once again leaves the Reds manager extremely short of options in the position.

As such, it would seem likely that both Gaetan Bong - who was informed he was free to leave the club earlier this summer - and Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel - who has been heavily linked with a move away from the City Ground - will start against Wolves on Tuesday - with Hughton undoubtedly hoping his side can at least put in an impressive performance against the Premier League, side in a bid to kickstart the Garibaldi's so far disastrous Championship campaign.

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