Swansea striker Idah out for up to three months

Swansea City striker Adam Idah will be sidelined for up to three months because of a hamstring injury.

Republic of Ireland international Idah suffered the problem in training prior to Swansea's defeat at Coventry City on 26 December.

Head coach Vitor Matos says the 24-year-old will be out until March despite the fact that his issue is not as serious as Swansea had feared.

"The club will make a statement about it," Matos said.

"It's less [of a] worry than we thought which is good, but still it will be around three months, two months and a half, out. Let's see."

The loss of Idah is a significant blow to Swansea even though his impact has been limited since a £6m move from Celtic on 1 September.

Idah has played second fiddle to Swansea's 12-goal leading scorer Zan Vipotnik, with only five league starts among his 20 appearances for the Welsh club to date.

Idah scored his third Swansea goal to secure victory over Wrexham shortly before injury struck.

With Liam Cullen also sidelined, youngster Bobby Wales has been involved in Matos' recent squads, while attacking midfielder began up front in the New Year's Day win over West Bromwich Albion.

There is better news of Josh Key, who missed Sunday's defeat at Millwall but could feature in next weekend's FA Cup third-round tie against the Baggies.

Matos said Key's injury is "not massive", adding: "It's just regarding the puncture he had on the foot, so he will probably be back for the cup game."