Southampton striker Danny Ings has been ruled out for between four and six weeks with a knee injury, manager Ralph Hasenhuettl said Wednesday.
Ings sustained the injury in Saints’ 4-3 win over Aston Villa in the Premier League Sunday, where he scored his fifth league goal of the season but was substituted just before full-time after a collision with midfielder Mahmoud Trezeguet.
Hasenhuettl said this in a news conference before Friday’s home game against Newcastle United.
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The injury rules the 28-year old out of England’s upcoming friendly international against Ireland on Nov. 12, and their Nations League matches against Belgium (Nov. 15) and Iceland (Nov. 18).
Hasenhuettl added that his team could also be without Ryan Bertrand (hamstring), Jan Bednarek (concussion) and Ibrahima Diallo (dead leg), who were all injured in the Villa game.
Saints are currently fifth in the standing, with 13 points from seven games, while Newcastle are two points further behind, in 11th place.
