On-loan Blues striker Ali Al-Hamadi has been ruled out of Iraq’s World Cup qualifiers against Kuwait and Palestine having suffered a knock during Stoke’s 1-0 defeat at Millwall on Saturday.

Al-Hamadi is set to return to the Potters having initially been expected to be OK for the World Cup fixtures.

The 23-year-old, who has been capped by Iraq 14 times, scoring three goals, joined Stoke on loan in January.

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