Central Defensive Injury Blow For Southampton
If the next few weeks were going to be tough with the potential absence of goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, then they are now getting much worse with the news that a central defender has been injured in International duty over the weekend.
Jan Bednarek has tweaked his knee ligaments whilst playing for Poland against Portugal, landing awkwardly on his knee after a tackle with Cristiano Renaldo which saw him coming off at half time.
Reports from the Polish camp suggest that it is not too serious and he will be out for about 3 weeks, although Saints have not yet provided any updates yet as their own medical staff will now get to analyse the damage today.
Of course we all know who will replace him, Jack Stephens will be shunted into the centre from whatever position he is currently playing which is not great news when you consider who our opponents are on Sunday, Liverpool and the likes of Mo Salah.
A three-week injury layout would see him miss Premier League fixtures against Liverpool, Brighton, Chelsea and Aston Villa, when you read that, you don't see many points coming from those fixtures even with a fit Jan Bednarek.
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