John Kennedy has been forced to cut short his loan spell at Norwich and return to Celtic.
Defender facing five weeks out with knee injury
John Kennedy has been forced to cut short his loan spell at Norwich and return to Celtic.
The defender, who was due to remain with the Championship outfit until January, has damaged cartilage in his knee and will return to Parkhead in order to undergo treatment.
Scans suggest the towering centre-half could be out of action for up to five weeks, having sustained the injury during Norwich's 2-0 defeat at Reading last Saturday.
The one-cap Scotland international has endured a succession of knee problems throughout an injury-ravaged career and Canaries boss Glenn Roeder admits he is unsure as to whether the 25-year-old will be seen again at Carrow Road.
"He's going back up to Celtic to see their club physios and their club doctor and then they'll decide which surgeon to use," Roeder told his club's
official website.
"Depending on what they find, he could be out for three to five weeks, so it won't just be a week or two, especially with the history he has with that knee.
"I need to see what the opinion is of the surgeon who performs his operation and obviously most importantly, what Gordon Strachan's views will be and whether he'll want to take John back after he's been here for the agreed amount of time of half a season."
