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Sunderland news: Duncan Watmore suffers major injury heartache
SUNDERLAND boss Chris Coleman is set to be deprived of Duncan Watmore’s services for a lengthy period.
Sunderland forward Duncan Watmore has suffered a suspected cruciate ligament injury
Watmore, 23, has suffered a suspected cruciate knee ligament injury.
He is set to undergo surgery once scan results have been assessed.
Watmore limped off before the half-time break in Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Millwall.
The Manchester-born forward had only recently returned from 10 months on the sidelines with an ACL injury in the same knee.
“We have to get the clinical results to find out exactly what he has done,” Coleman said.
Sunderland boss Chris Coleman
He’s a real good player and an even better guy
“We haven’t got those yet, so everybody is looking at it and suspecting, but we don’t know yet.
“Of course we are worried because of what happened before, but until we get a definite we can’t really say what is what.
“Duncan worked so hard to get back. He’s a real good player and an even better guy.”
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Coleman is without six other first-team players for his first game in charge of Sunderland against Aston Villa.
Marc Wilson and Jonny Williams were also forced off against Millwall.
Paddy McNair is fatigued after playing the full 90 minutes on Saturday, Lamine Kone and Billy Jones are injured while Lee Cattermole is suspended.