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Sven hunts strike option

22 Aug 2007 - 11:09:36

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Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is on the lookout for a new striker after Valeri Bojinov sustained a serious knee injury in the derby victory over Manchester United.

Bojinov will be out for at lest five months, leaving Eriksson to scour the markets before the transfer window shuts, with a midfielder also in his sights.

He told the club's official website: "To lose one player for such a long time is such a big blow, both for him and for us and for everyone.

"First he'll be operated on, then hopefully he'll be back as soon as possible, maybe as much as five months.

"Work is going on. We didn't want to have to do it, but we have to carefully look at the situation.

"When you know that you have a player away from three up to six months, those kinds of operations and rehabilitation, you can't be sure how long it takes to come back.

"So of course we have to think carefully about it.

"It's not only a striker, we need one or two midfielders as well to be covered properly."