The Sheffield Wednesday striker was restored to Luhukay’s starting line up on Tuesday.
Steven Fletcher asked to be substituted during Sheffield Wednesday’s 1-0 win against Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday, Jos Luhukay has told the BBC.
Fletcher was restored to the Owls’ starting line up after missing Saturday’s 2-1 defeat against Derby County entirely.
It followed a busy international period for the Wednesday striker, who played the best part of two full games for Scotland and returned to Hillsborough just 48 hours before Derby’s visit.
And Fletcher lasted 35 minutes of Bolton’s, with Atdhe Nuhiu brought on to replace him.
Asked afterwards whether the 31-year-old, who has spent the bulk of 2018 sidelined, had suffered another injury, Luhukay explained: “He had a problem with his head, he was dizzy, and we must see in the next days how he is.”
And when it was put to him that there appeared to be no obvious cause of Fletcher’s issue, the Sheffield Wednesday manager replied: “No but his view was not 100 per cent and he struggled and he asked to be changed.”
Sheffield Wednesday struggled to convince against Bolton, in a game devoid of any real quality, but claimed a much-needed three points thanks to a second-half header from Thorniley’s defensive colleague Tom Lees.
The result ended the Owls’ run of six games without a win, which yielded five defeats and left them 18th in the standings – four places below their new position.
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