Stoke City have a packed treatment room ahead of an FA Cup fourth round tie against Fulham at the bet365 Stadium
11:49, 13 Feb 2026Updated 11:55, 13 Feb 2026
Bosun Lawal has sustained a hamstring injury.
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Bosun Lawal has sustained a hamstring injury.(Image: Ryan Browne/Shutterstock)
Bosun Lawal is set to be out for up to six weeks after sustaining a hamstring injury in the latest blow for Stoke City.
Lawal had shown his potential as a centre-half at the start of this season after missing most of last year due to a back problem.
But he picked up a hamstring injury while filling in as emergency right-back in late September that kept him out for two months and he went down again while playing in the same position at Charlton on Wednesday.
It continues a remarkable run of injuries for Stoke during the winter ahead of an FA Cup fourth round tie at home against Fulham on Sunday (2pm).
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Viktor Johansson (shoulder), Lewis Baker (ankle), Divin Mubama (ankle), Róbert Boženík (shoulder), Ato Ampah (toe), Sam Gallagher (hamstring), Junior Tchamadeu (knee) and Gavin Bazunu (thigh) are all stuck in the treatment room.
Ben Gibson also missed the trip to Charlton due to illness - and Mark Robins revealed at his pre-match press conference today that there was further illness in the camp .
He said: "Bosun will be a while It might be six weeks."
He added: "He will be rightly disappointed. I think it's difficult when you lose players, any player. We've spoken before about the squad size and the depth to it and that started to look pretty good and pretty healthy - until it didn't, then it becomes a challenge..
"For Bosun and all the injured players it's not a pleasant time for them. Some of the injured players start to make inroads into that and then become ill, which sets them back.
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"It's frustrating for everybody. You've got to deal with it. It's the time of the year for people picking up illness and if you've got kids you know what it's like. It's all those things that you have to factor into a recovery period, which is why I don't like giving time frames.
"The physios seem to now have a handle on long it takes fo reach individual to repair and you can give a rough guide but you try to treat each player, treat the symptoms and when they dissipate try to make sure you're not putting them at any risk., any stupid risk, so they can come back safely - and then be ready to play and hopefully stay fit.
"We have had too many that have been long-term injuries through impact."
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