Watford's Doumbia ruled out by injury

Mamadou Doumbia joined Watford in February 2024, signing a six-year contract

Watford striker Mamadou Doumbia has been ruled out for a "few weeks" after suffering a hamstring injury in Saturday's defeat at home to Millwall.

Ahead of the Hornets' midweek clash with Swansea City, head coach Tom Cleverley confirmed he will be without the 19-year-old until after the international break.

"It's disappointing for the player," Cleverley told BBC Three Counties Radio.

"It'll be a few weeks so we'll miss Mamadou for the next couple of games certainly and we'll assess more in the international break."

Doumbia was clearly distraught when he went off in the 56th minute of Saturday's 2-1 loss.

"He's been so patient, he's worked so hard and the shirt was his for the time being," added Cleverley.

"When you do get a slight niggle, you give up the shirt up to someone else. There was probably a lot of things going through Mamadou's head, but he's a great professional and I'm sure he'll come back stronger."

Cleverley also confirmed club captain Daniel Bachmann, Pierre Dwomoh and Kwadwo Baah were between seven and 10 days from returning to first-team training.