Aston Villa can expect to be without key defender Martin Laursen
for up to a month, though the good news is that he likely won't be
needing surgery.
The veteran Danish international aggravated an old knee injury
during the recent 1-0 win over West Ham United and was forced to
sit out the dramatic boxing day draw with Arsenal as result.
"He's going to be a few weeks, he's had an injection to try and get
the knee settling down," Villa boss Martin O'Neill said after the
game.
"We thought it might require surgery, but we're feeling it might
settle down and he could return more quickly than if he'd had the
operation. We're talking about three or four weeks."
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