Burnley reported fresh injury setbacks before Saturday's trip to Lincoln City, with Jacob Bruun Larsen set to miss up to 12 weeks with a stress fracture and Jamie Vardy unavailable because of a back problem. The absences further reduce Burnley's options before the away match.
Bruun Larsen and Vardy unavailable
Hayen said: "Now Jacob has a stress fracture for 12 weeks, Jamie is also out and then JB and Zeki, these are nine players that if you have them in the selection, you have a lot of solutions, but for the moment they’re not available."
Hayen said: "That’s really unfortunate, but that’s the situation."
Hayen lists season injuries
Hayen said: "I can give you all, if you see how many injuries we already had this season, with Bash, with Anel now, Josh still injured, Hannibal, Aaron Ramsey."
Hayen said Jaydon Banel and Zeki Amdouni were also not available.
Cullen closes in on return
On Josh Cullen, Hayen said: "So unfortunately he had a setback two weeks ago, because otherwise he would already be back."
Hayen said: "Now he will play tomorrow 45 minutes with the Under-21s and we’ll see how that game goes and if he can make the squad selection for Saturday."