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McCarthy waiting on Elokobi

30 Aug 2008 - 11:34:09

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Wolves manager Mick McCarthy expects left-back George Elokobi to be sidelined for months rather than weeks by a serious knee injury.

The 22-year-old was injured in the recent 2-0 win at Ipswich Town and has travelled to London with club physio, Steve Kemp, to have the problem fully assessed.

McCarthy told the club's official website: "It's going to be months rather than weeks."

"We're only really guessing at this stage but we know it's going to be quite a while. He's going now to have it looked at again and possibly have the operation.

"It will be investigated and the issue is going to be whether they can repair all the ligaments at once.

"It might be they have to repair the medial and lateral at first and then the anterior afterwards, but that's just talking in layman's terms.

"But again, that's just guessing and until the surgeon who's going to do the operation has another look we won't know any more."