Alan absent for Salzburg
Monday, October 27, 2014
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FC Salzburg's Alan, whose tally of four UEFA Europa League goals this season is bettered only by Raul Rucescu, has been ruled out for a month due to torn ankle ligaments.
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FC Salzburg's UEFA Europa League hopes have been dealt a blow with the news that the competition's joint second-top scorer Alan has torn ankle ligaments.
The 25-year-old, whose tally of four goals is bettered only by Raul Rucescu, suffered the injury in a 2-2 draw against SV Grödig in the Austrian league. He is out for four weeks and will miss the trip to the team he put three past last time out, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, on Thursday week though he could be back on 27 November to meet Celtic FC. Salzburg and Celtic are leading Group D on seven points and victory in Croatia would take the Austrian champions through.