Melbourne Victory’s hopes of lifting themselves into the A-League’s high six have suffered a significant blow, with star midfielder Jake Brimmer going through an prolonged interval on the sidelines with a severe knee harm.
The Victory confirmed on Tuesday that Brimmer had suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee.
The harm compelled the A-League’s reigning Johnny Warren medallist off the sphere within the first half of his facet’s 1-1 draw with Adelaide United at AAMI Park on Sunday.
“Brimmer will undergo a surgical consult in the coming days and the club will work hard with Jake with a view to having him back before the end of the season,” the Victory mentioned in an announcement on Tuesday.
The Victory are backside of the A-League ladder, six factors adrift sixth-placed Sydney FC.
However, the Tony Popovic-coached facet – who meet the Sydneysiders at Allianz Stadium on Saturday evening – have a recreation in hand on virtually each different crew within the competitors, and will but pressure their means up the ladder if they’ll string a number of wins collectively.
Originally revealed as Melbourne Victory star Jake Brimmer suffers a serous knee harm
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
