Brentford receive positive news on the injury front following international duty scare

Brentford’s Aaron Hickey is ‘okay’ after hobbling off for Scotland yesterday.

The full-back is on international duty at the moment and was substitued off for his country against Republic of Ireland last night.

His side ended up winning 2-1 in the Nations League clash, with Bournemouth’s Ryan Christie scoring a late winner.

Hickey was forced to be withdrawn along with Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney.

‘Okay’...

Scotland boss Steve Clarke has provided this update on the pair, as per The Herald:

“Both of them are okay. We took Kieran off as a precaution. Aaron felt a tightness, so we took him off as a precaution.”

Everyone associated with Brentford will be pleased that there is nothing serious with Hickey’s injury.

The Bees swooped to sign the 20-year-old over the summer from Italian side Bologna and he has since adapted well to life in the Premier League.

He has made seven appearances so far this term for Thomas Frank’s side.

Prior to this move to the Gtech Community Stadium, Hickey rose up through the ranks at Hearts and played 33 times for their first-team before spending a couple of years in Italy.

Brentford will be hoping he is fit for next weekend’s trip to Bournemouth.

In other injury news, Ethan Pinnock played for the B team last week as he continues his road to recovery.