Source: Daily_Mail
Villa set to delve into transfer market as Reo-Coker is ruled out for three months
Long-term: Nigel Reo-Coker will miss the majority of the rest of the season[LNB]Aston Villa may be forced into the transfer market this week after being left short on numbers in midfield by the news Nigel Reo-Coker will miss up to three months with an ankle injury picked up in training.[LNB]Scans confirmed the 25-year-old has suffered a stress fracture and will miss now miss a crucial stage of Villa's Barclays Premier League campaign and the Carling Cup final against Manchester United next month.[LNB]Villa have also recently lost another midfielder Craig Gardner who moved to city rivals Birmingham in a £3million deal.[LNB]Villa manager Martin O'Neill described Reo-Coker's absence as a 'major blow' on club website www.avfc.co.uk, and added that the news regarding full-back Stephen Warnock's shin was also far from encouraging.[LNB]Warnock was forced to sit out last night's goalless draw against Arsenal at Villa Park, and O'Neill said: 'We have a couple of injury problems - Nigel and Stephen in particular.[LNB]'Nigel will be out for some considerable time - it's turned out to be a stress fracture - so he might miss 12 weeks. That's a major blow to us.[LNB]'News on Stephen is not fantastic either, but we'll see.'[LNB] Aston Villa 0 Arsenal 0: Wenger's 'long-ball' dig after Vermaelen breaks leg O'Neill backs Wenger's foreign policy as Villa prepare to take on ArsenalCraig Gardner seals £3m dream move from Aston Villa to BirminghamNottingham Forest set to extend their loan deal for Villa full-back ShoreyJANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW 2010: All moves at every Premier League clubVilla forward Harewood ruled out for three months with broken metatarsalASTON VILLA FC
