Tuesday 29 September 2015 16:30, UK
Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson has been ruled out for at least six months with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
The 23-year-old was injured after 17 minutes of Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Stoke after being involved in a challenge for the ball with Philipp Wollscheid.
Wilson left the field to receive treatment but returned to action before crumpling in a heap and beckoning to the sidelines for assistance.
Subsequent scans revealed the extent of the injury and Wilson will undergo surgery next week before beginning his rehabilitation, which will render him unavailable until at least the end of March 2016.
It comes as a huge blow to Bournemouth, who already have two players sidelined with long-term anterior cruciate ligament injuries, sustained in the same game against Leicester earlier this month.
Left-back Tyrone Mings - a club-record signing from Ipswich in the summer - was ruled out for the entire season on September 4 while forward Max Gradel, who joined the Cherries from St Etienne for £7m, is out for six months.
Wilson, who scored 23 goals in Bournemouth's promotion season from the Championship, has scored five of their nine Premier League goals this season and had been tipped for an England call-up by manager Eddie Howe.
