Hull City manager Phil Brown has told Sky Sports News that Jimmy Bullard has not suffered any serious knee ligament damage.
Phil Brown confirms ligament sprain
Hull City manager Phil Brown has told
Sky Sports News that Jimmy Bullard has not suffered any serious knee ligament damage.
The influential midfielder has been ruled out for six to eight weeks, but that is a boost as there were serious fears he could have suffered cruciate knee ligament damage for a third time in his career.
Bullard suffered his latest injury at Aston Villa on Saturday, and he was visibly upset amid fears his season could have been over before it had barely started.
Bullard only made his comeback from his last injury in October, but his impact was tremendous as he won Premier League Player of the Month for November.
Now scans have confirmed that he has only sprained medial ligaments, which will rule him out until the end of January.
Six to eight weeks
"Jimmy is going to be out between six and eight weeks, a totally separate injury to anything he has had before," Brown told
Sky Sports News.
"It is a grade 2 sprain on his medial ligament, it is not connected with anterior cruciate ligament.
"Whichever way you look - on the negative front we are losing a very good player for six weeks, but on the other side it could have been a lot longer.
"It has been a horrendous day [waiting], but you talk about popularity - the amount of well wishers and people asking about Jimmy, it is fantastic the response to one of the most popular players in the country.
"I am hopeful that Jimmy will be back on the field of play before the transfer window closes - that is what I am looking at and hopefully what everyone else is looking at.
"It also gives us a chance to strengthen his other leg, it hasn't been a problem but it gives us a chance to strengthen."
