Hearts have been handed a major boost after it emerged Lee Wallace may not require surgery and could return from his serious knee injury in three months.
Wallace suffered a torn posterior cruciate ligament in Scotland's 2-1 defeat of Liechtenstein on Tuesday night.
Jim Jefferies had resigned himself to being without the left-back for a minimum of six months but the Hearts manager has now received promising news from Wallace's consultant.
"The medical people have told us that they don't think an operation is required," Jefferies told Hearts News.
"Normally when you tear a cruciate ligament there is other damage and a lot of other issues but this doesn't appear to be the case with Lee.
"They are talking about him being in a splint for four weeks and then taking the rehab from there and he could be back in 12 weeks."
Source: PA
