Armstrong ruled out for remainder of the season
Russell Martin has issued an update on Stuart Armstrong after the midfielder was stretchered off deep into stoppage time at Cardiff on Saturday.
The 32-year-old went down after making an attempt to draw Saints level late on, with Martin confirming the injury isn’t as bad as first feared.
“It’s his quad, it’s a muscle injury,” the Saints boss confirmed. “We’ll do everything we can to get him fit for the EUROs for Scotland. I think he has a big chance for that, I don’t think he has any chance of playing for us really.”
“He has a big hope of getting in the Scotland squad because he’s been fantastic for them and for us this season and has been in every squad, and I think there’s a realistic chance with the injury he has to be fit for that.
“So we will do everything we can as a football club to help him get there. It wasn’t as serious as we all feared but it is serious enough to keep him out for a period of time now where he can’t help us unfortunately.”
Martin also issued an update on Flynn Downes, who was substituted at half-time against Preston and missed the trip to Wales at the weekend.
“The landscape has changed a little bit. It’s risk and reward a bit with Flynn, so we’ll have to wait and see.”
