A major set-back for the club and for Ayala, who penned a three-and-a-half year deal with Boro just two weeks ago
Dani Ayala in action against Doncaster
Dani Ayala could be sidelined for a month, Aitor Karanka has confirmed.
The Spanish defender suffered an ankle injury in the 0-0 draw at Doncaster last weekend and it transpires the damage was worse than initially thought.
“Dani has a serious injury, he has a problem with his ankle,” said Karanka.
“I think it will be four, five or six weeks, it is the injury he had at Doncaster.
“I thought, and he thought, it wasn’t a serious injury but, finally, we now know it is a serious injury.”
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It’s a major set-back for the club and for Ayala, who penned a three-and-a-half year deal with Boro just two weeks ago.
“We were fighting to get his permanent contract,” added his compatriot Karanka. “We managed to do that, which was good, but now he is injured, that’s football!”
The good news is Jonathan Woodgate is fit and available for tomorrow’s home game against Blackburn and he’s expected to partner Ben Gibson in the centre of a defence that’s kept seven clean sheets in the last nine Championship fixtures.
Albert Adomah is also fit to play after missing the Doncaster game through an ankle injury.
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