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Alfred Gomis: Collision with Moses Simon rules Dijon goalkeeper out for months

Dijon have revealed goalkeeper Alfred Gomis will miss two to three months of action after injuring his right knee in the club’s Ligue 1 encounter with Nantes on Saturday.

The game at Stade Gaston Gerard ended 3-3, but the shot-stopper sustained the injury after a coming together with Nigerian forward Moses Simon on the half-hour mark.

Moses was substituted in the 43rd-minute, while Gomis stayed on till half-time, before Runar Alex Runarsson replaced him for the second-half.

The Africa Cup of Nations finalist with Senegal will now miss most of the 17th-placed club’s relegation run-in after the Reds revealed the extent of his injury on Monday.