Hughes accuses Wales of ‘comprimising’ Allen fitness

Rob Conlon

Mark Hughes has voiced his displeasure at Wales’ use of Joe Allen during the international break.

Allen picked up a hamstring injury after scoring in the 2-2 draw in Austria and sat out the following game against Georgia in Cardiff.

But Hughes believes Allen did too much with Chris Coleman’s men and as a result is a doubt for this week’s Premier League clash with Sunderland.

Hughes told Stoke’s official website: “We’re still checking on Joe, he hasn’t trained with the group yet.

“We’ve just got to be a little bit careful with him; unfortunately he probably did a little bit too much with the Welsh squad.

“We would have given him an extra day’s rest but he trained with [them] and that’s probably compromised him a little bit so they have to be a little bit careful in that regard.

“We’re hopeful that he’s going to be okay and we’ll have to check on him tomorrow.”