Brazilian midfielder Anderson De Silva has joined Heinz Muller on the long term injury list after damaging his cruciate ligaments in the 1-0 defeat at Norwich.
De Silva, who has been a key player since signing on loan and permanently from Everton was stretchered off at Carrow Road but it was believed it was only a minor injury that would sideline him for around three weeks.
Unfortunately though a scan has revealed much much worse and De Silva could be out for anything up to seven months- ruling him out of the end of this season and possibly the beginning of next.
Simon Davey told www.barnsleyfc.co.uk:
"Unfortunately we have had the news late this week that Anderson has ruptured his cruciate ligament and will be out for a minimum of six months. Our thoughts are with him at the moment but the entire club is distraught.
"He has not had his operation yet and is with his family. We are thinking of him and I am sure that everybody will wish him a speedy recovery.
"We had a clinical assessment done and then followed that up at the back end of the week with an MRI scan which has shown that Anderson has ruptured his cruciate. He is distraught, we as a club are distraught and it is a massive blow to us after chasing him all season.
Physio Richard Kay added:
"We cannot really say too much about what happens next at the moment. We are waiting to get the results back from the MRI scan and I should have those to look through early next week.
"We will send the scans through to a consultant who will have a further look and he will advise us on the best possible course of action. We will know more next week when we get the scans but it does not sound good".
Its just The Reds look that as soon as we get two players of genuine star quality they are ruled out with serious injuries!