 Forssell has suffered a series of injury setbacks |
Birmingham striker Mikael Forssell will be out of action for a month after discovering he will need surgery to cure a hernia problem. The 26-year-old Finland international has recently returned to full fitness after a long battle with knee problems.
A proposed move to Hannover collapsed in the summer, but he forced his way back into boss Steve Bruce's plans.
Bruce said: "You feel sorry for the lad because he has had so many knock backs in recent years but kept persevering."
He said: "Mikael will go into hospital on Monday. It looks like he has got a hernia problem and we will do something about it as quickly as we possibly can.
"He will miss the Manchester United and Blackburn games but, with the two-week international break coming up soon, hopefully he will be back available after that. These things usually take three to four weeks.
"This season, he came back looking sharp and we wondered if he was finally over everything and this will be another blow to him."
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