It is expected, that Brentford goalkeeper David Raya misses at least four months after that, which suffered a knee injury in Sunday's defeat to Leicester.
Raya suffered left knee ligament damage in a collision with Leicester striker Ayoz Perez in the final stages of the defeat 2:1, which he completed.
The 26-year-old Spaniard made an impressive start to his Premier League campaign, when he kept three clean accounts and helped the newly transferred team to 12. place in the table after nine matches.
Brentford Medical Director Neil Greig told the club's website: “David, unfortunately, suffered an injury to the posterior cruciate ligament in the left knee. This problem will take longer to heal and to do so, aby David znovu získal funkciu a silu okolo kolena.” kĺb.
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“Pozitívne je, that this type of wound usually heals well without the need for surgery. David has already started using an orthosis specially designed to support this process.
“Očakávame obdobie rekonvalescencie pre zranenie, like this, somewhere between four and five months, čo Davidovi umožní vrátiť sa na svoje predchádzajúce vysoké úrovne ešte pred koncom sezóny.”
Spanish colleague Alvaro Fernandez, who came to guest in August from the Spanish second league team Huesca, seems ready to take the starting position, the deposit will be provided by Patrik Gunnarsson.
The next match of Brentford will be played by Stoke on Wednesday at the Carabao Cup, competitions, in which Fernandez started his previous two matches this season.
Their first match in the Premier League without Ray, who came to Brentford from Blackburn in 2019, will come to Burnley on Saturday.