Dempsey injury leaves Fulham short

A thigh injury to Clint Dempsey has left Fulham short of options up front for the second leg of tomorrow’s Europa League quarter-final against Wolfsburg.

The American suffered the injury in Sunday’s Premier League win over Wigan and he will miss out along with fellow striker David Elm, who is sidelined through illness.

If Bobby Zamora (Achilles) fails to make it through tonight’s training session, manager Roy Hodgson will have to turn to Erik Nevland to partner Zoltan Gera up front.

Provisional squad: Schwarzer, Konchesky, Baird, Riise, Hughes, Smalling, Etuhu, Duff, Murphy, Gera, Davies, Zamora, Zuberbuhler, Greening, Kelly, Hangeland, Stoor, Nevland.