Savage blow for Rovers

Blackburn Rovers could be without Robbie Savage for the next month.

Blackburn Rovers could be without Robbie Savage for the next month, after the midfielder limped out of his team's Uefa Cup win over Basel on Thursday.

The Welshman suffered a reoccurrence of a thigh injury midway through the first half of Rovers' 3-0 win.

The problem had previously kept the player out of Rovers' matches with Chelsea and West Ham, but he was deemed fit enough to start against the Swiss.

However, the 32-year-old is now set for an extended spell on the sidelines after aggravating the injury further, exacerbating Mark Hughes's injury plight.

"It is the same problem that forced me off against Bolton," Savage told Radio Rovers. "I felt great in training the last few days but there's nothing like a game and as soon as I planted my foot I just felt it go again and this time I think it is going to be a bit longer.

"I felt a sharp pain, like a knife going in my thigh. I suppose in the past I've been lucky with injuries but maybe it is my turn. It'll certainly be longer than ten days this time, maybe three to four weeks."

With fellow midfielder Steven Reid also ruled out for the foreseeable future, Hughes is expected to turn to Aaron Mokoena as a midfield stop-gap.