The 30-year-old left the Reds to join the Tigers last summer.
Hull City manager Nigel Adkins has dealt a potential blow to those Nottingham Forest fans who were hoping to see Eric Lichaj return to the City Ground with the Tigers this weekend.
The American full-back, who left the Reds to join the Humberside outfit last summer, is facing a battle to be fit for Saturday’s Championship clash at NG2.
Lichaj was forced off in the 85th minute of Hull’s 2-0 win over Birmingham City last Saturday, a further defensive blow for Adkins as Jordy de Wijs also came off 10 minutes earlier.
Speaking about the duo’s prospective availability, the Tigers boss told the Hull Daily Mail: “We will have to wait and see. I am not fully sure of the full extent of the injuries. Both guys would have wanted to carry on if they could, but they were just to a level where they couldn’t and player-wise.”
Lichaj joined Forest in 2013 on a free transfer from Aston Villa and he made 190 appearances for the Trickies, scoring six goals and registering seven assists, according to Transfermarkt.
His most famous Forest goals arguably came in the third round of the 2017-18 FA Cup, in which he scored a brace – including a superb volley from outside the box – in the 4-2 win over Arsenal, which was Arsene Wenger’s first ever loss in that round of the cup.
This term, Lichaj has made 29 appearances for Hull, including 28 in the Championship (Transfermarkt).
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