Darling missed Millwall because of 'accident'

Harry Darling missed Swansea City's defeat at Millwall on Saturday after suffering a knee injury in what Alan Sheehan described as an "accident" on the morning of the game.

Defender Darling, 25, had been due to start at The Den, but had to be replaced in Swansea's XI by Hannes Delcroix.

"He had an accident this morning," caretaker boss Sheehan said.

"I don't want to go too much into that. It's unfortunate, but we need to look at that."

Darling is out of contract this summer, though Swansea are still hoping to convince the former MK Dons player to commit to a new deal.

He has played 39 times in 2024-25 and has been a consistent performer alongside fellow centre-back Ben Cabango.

Sheehan says Darling may be available for Swansea's season-ending home game against Oxford United next Saturday.

"We hope so," he said. "He needs to get assessed, get seen by the physios, and we'll go from there."

Darling has been in fine goalscoring form of late, finding the target three times in his past six games to take his tally for the campaign to five. Only Liam Cullen and Zan Vipotnik have scored more often for Swansea this season.

Darling's late withdrawal meant the Swans named two goalkeepers on the bench at Millwall, with youngster Kit Margetson joining regular back-up Jon McLaughlin in the matchday 18 because he was the only other player in the travelling party.