Aston Villa midfielder Boubacar Kamara's knee injury could be worse than first feared.
Aston Villa midfielder Boubacar Kamara's knee injury could be worse than first feared.
Boss Unai Emery has confirmed the 26-year-old is seeing doctors to discover the extent of the problem.
Kamara was forced off early in the FA Cup third round win at Tottenham on Saturday after a challenge with Joao Palhinha. Villa were hoping he would initially be out for three weeks.
"Kamara is out, it is his knee," said Emery before Sunday's visit of Everton. "We are checking him and he is visiting some doctors and we are going to know about him in a few days.
"Of course he's not available and maybe for a long time, hopefully not so so long time but we are checking him."
Kamara previously missed eight months in 2024 after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) against Manchester United.
He joined on a free transfer from Marseille in 2022 with Villa beating Atletico Madrid to his signature.
The problem adds to Villa's midfield issues with Amadou Onana also struggling with a hamstring injury and out of the game with the Toffees.
Villa wanted to bring Conor Gallagher in but lost out to Tottenham, who signed the England international for £35m from Atletico Madrid earlier this week.
They have also sold forward Donyell Malen to Roma on loan with an obligation for the Serie A club to buy him for around £21m.
Villa have been linked with Roma forward and former loanee Tammy Abraham - who is on loan at Besiktas in Turkey - and Emery confirmed he is in the market for a striker.
He said: "The priority is someone as a central attacking player, a striker, with the characteristics as a striker and to compete with [Ollie] Watkins or maybe even play with him.
"Now Malen has left another player can help us with numbers in the squad."
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