Ghana defender Andy Yiadom faces about two months on the sidelines due to injury, Reading manager Mark Bowen has revealed.
Having featured in a 3-2 home loss to Birmingham City in the Championship on December 7, the right-back was conspicuously missing as the Royals visited Barnsley on Wednesday.
"Andy Yiadom is likely to be out for a significant time – six or seven weeks," Bowen said, as reported by his club's official website.
"When it’s a length of time, it then depends on how quick a healer he is.
"Things are conspiring against us a little bit on that front but we can’t feel sorry for ourselves.