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Forest deny Hoskins exit

27 Feb 2008 - 14:48:31

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Nottingham Forest boss Colin Calderwood has rubbished reports claiming he was poised to send injured loanee Will Hoskins back to Watford.

The 21-year-old striker picked up a back problem in Forest's 1-1 draw with Leeds United two weeks ago in only his second appearance for the League One promotion-chasers.

However, despite reports suggesting Hoskins would return to his parent club, Calderwood is keen to keep him at the City Ground.

"There's been quite a dramatic improvement in Will's condition and the way things are looking at the moment he could be back training before the end of the week," he told the club's official website.

"The Carlisle game on Monday might come too quickly for him, but if all goes well we would certainly look to have him back in contention sooner rather than later.

"There seemed to be a story going around that we were looking to send Will back to Watford, but that's certainly not the case.

"As he is still Watford's player, we were keen to inform them of his injury out of courtesy."