Bulut to talk with Nigeria boss
Erol Bulut says he is considering speaking with Nigeria's manager over Jamilu Collins' workload over the international break.
Collins missed the midweek defeat by Middlesbrough after picking up a knock against Rotherham United last weekend. However, Cardiff boss Bulut said Collins is back for the clash with Watford this Saturday before he jets off for international duty with Nigeria next week.
Nigeria take on Saudi Arabi and Mozambique in two friendlies over the international break, but Bulut believes the left-back is probably deserving of a break after his heavy workload following his return from a year out with an ACL tear.
"We have a few international players. With JC I had a talk because he had an injury. Now he will have the international games, so we have to see how we have to handle it," Bulut said of Collins.
"Maybe I have to talk with the national team manager, because he will get injured. Neither side wants that. The club doesn't need it, the national team doesn't need it, we have to protect him."
Dimitrios Goutas missed out on a Greece call-up, however Manolis Siopis did get the nod. Bulut reckons Goutas, who was named in the official Championship team of the week despite losing 2-0 on Teesside, is deserving of a national team call-up.
"We have to respect the decision of the manager of the national team. But what he has shown until now is that he could be in the (Greece) squad," the Bluebirds boss said of the centre-back.
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