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Aston Villa defender Jores Okore facing nine-month lay-off
ASTON VILLA defender Jores Okore is set to be sidelined for up to nine months after rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament.
Okore sustained the injury during Villa-s 2-1 defeat by Newcastle before being sent for an MRI scan.
A club statement read: "Following clinical examination and the results of an MRI scan, the club can confirm that Jores Okore sustained a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee in the game against Newcastle on Saturday.
"Jores will undergo surgery in due course and he could be sidelined for a period of up to nine months."
Okore picked up the injury in an apparently innocuous collison with Loic Remy.