West Brom suffer Brunt injury blow


(MENAFN- Kora) The Northern Ireland midfielder was withdrawn midway through the second half of last Saturday's 3-0 home defeat to Manchester United



And, following a diagnosis of medial knee ligament damage, Brunt is set to miss much of West Brom's fight against relegation from the Premier League



West Brom are yet to win a game under the stewardship of new head coach Pepe Mel, who has a number of other injury concerns heading into the trip to Swansea City this weekend



Midfielder Claudio Yacob is a doubt due to a hamstring problem, while defender Steven Reid has a knee injury and could also be unavailable



Full-back Billy Jones is making progress in his recovery from a hamstring tear picked up in the 1-1 draw with Fulham last month, however, centre-back Diego Lugano faces three to four weeks on the sidelines after suffering a similar injury to Brunt while on international duty with Uruguay



West Brom travel to the Liberty Stadium on Saturday out of the relegation zone by virtue of goal difference only


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