Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given is set to miss his country s Euro 2016 play-off tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina due to a knee injury.
The 39-year-old was absent from Stoke City s matchday squad for Saturday s 0-0 draw at Newcastle United after aggravating a problem with a piece of floating bone in his knee during training.
Stoke manager Mark Hughes expects Given to undergo surgery to address the issue and said he would be surprised to see his player feature in next month s double header for the national team.
It was in training the other day. Unfortunately after training his knee blew up, Hughes said.
He s got a little piece of loose bone in the knee, which we hoped would just settle down.
Obviously it s raised its head against and…