CHAMPIONSHIP Plymouth have suffered a major pre-season setback with the news that Nico Covatti has been seriously injured in Argentina.
The Gladiators’ winter recruit was involved in a crash with Facundo Albin at Bahia Blanca during the Argentinean International Championship last week and sustained arm and leg fractures. He is now facing surgery that will rule him out of the start of the British season and leaves Plymouth searching for a suitable replacement. Speaking to the media in Argentina, Covatti: “We will have to think about when the return to Italy will be after the operation. We are evaluating having my wife come with the baby, and thus be a little more contained here. “Right now, it's about being as united as possible. In Italy, I will start with rehabilitation and, from there, by the spring of Europe I will be able to start touring.”
