St Johnstone defender Tony Gallacher has suffered a suspected leg fracture and can miss the rest of the season.
The left-sided wing-back limped off within the first half of Saints’ win in opposition to Livingston on Saturday afternoon.
It was initially hoped that the harm was not too severe however Perth boss Callum Davidson admits it doesn’t look nice.
He stated: “He’s nonetheless to have an X-ray but it surely appears like a fracture, which might imply he’s out for the remainder of the season.
“Tony has come again up the street to play video games and he’s performed that.
“He’s performed fairly a couple of video games in a row and is quietly progressing.
“The extra minutes he was getting the extra assured he was changing into.
“That is clearly a blow for him however hopefully he’ll get better rapidly and we are able to get him again in for pre-season.
“Three months might be the timescale we’re taking a look at.
“It’s not the commonest fracture so we’ll get a few opinions on it.
“He tried to rise up as a result of the ache was easing off a bit however as quickly as he put weight on it we knew he’d have to come back off immediately.”
Dan Cleary can also be nursing a wound after a poor problem from Livingston’s James Penrice.
“Tony’s one was a troublesome one to see,” Davidson continued.
“I don’t assume there was any malice within the deal with. It was a easy 50-50.
“Sadly Tony has come out worst. From the opposite one additional up the pitch, Dan Cleary has ended up needing stitches on the highest of his foot.
“For me it was a deal with that might fairly simply have been a sending off. You could possibly see the response from their sub when it was made.
“It’s the kind of deal with you would make in my day – straight leg, front-on.
“However they’re attempting to get it out of the sport due to the accidents it could trigger. The deal with on Dan was fairly strong and will properly have been a purple card by at the moment’s guidelines.
“He received’t be coaching early within the week – the foot remains to be swollen and clearly the stitches have simply gone in.
“Hopefully it is going to calm down earlier than the weekend.”