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Luton Town forward Jacob Brown will not play again this season following ankle surgery.
The Scotland international had to go off during their 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough on 15 March, just 14 minutes after being sent on as a second-half substitute.
Brown joined Luton from Stoke City in the summer of 2023 and has made 52 appearances for the club, 19 of them in the Premier League last season.
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Norwich City defender Ben Chrisene will miss the rest of the season because of an ankle injury.
The 21-year-old has made 28 appearances since arriving from Aston Villa last summer on a four-year contract.
He was substituted late in Saturday’s draw with Blackburn, a game which also saw Lewis Dobbin limp off with what may be a season-ending thigh injury.
Winger Dobbin, 22, is on loan from Villa, scoring twice
Ozoh was limited to just seven appearances in his first six months with the Rams, with his injury issues starting with a hamstring problem suffered in September.
In those seven matches, however, he established himself as an instant favourite among Rams fans for the way he influenced early performances on Derby’s return to the Championship after two seasons in League One.
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Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his right knee.
The 26-year-old has made only one appearance this season, as a substitute in a Premier League win over Southampton in October, because of the issue.
He initially sustained the injury in pre-season and had a surgical procedure in August, but required further surgery after problems with the knee persisted.
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Arsenal are assessing striker Kai Havertz after he suffered a muscle injury on the team’s Dubai training camp.
There are fears that the 25-year-old has torn his hamstring and could miss the rest of the season.
The Athletic have reported that it is unclear if he will need surgery but report that his season is likely to be over, external.
The BBC has not yet verified these details
Ipswich winger Wes Burns is out for the rest of the season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament during last weekend’s defeat at Liverpool.
The 30-year-old Wales international will have surgery next week.
Burns has featured in 18 of Ipswich’s 23 Premier League games so far this season.
“He’s seeing the very best people,” said Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna.
“It’s not a very complicated tear, I believe. You can
Derby County forward Dajaune Brown could miss the rest of the season as he needs hamstring surgery.
The 19-year-old academy graduate has made 15 Championship appearances for the Rams this season, although his only three starts, and his lone league goal came before Christmas.
He is one of several injury headaches for head coach Paul Warne ahead of Sheffield United’s trip to Pride Park on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
Warne told
Ipswich Town have completed the loan of defender Ben Godfrey from Atalanta.
The England international has joined the Premier League club on a deal until the end of the season, becoming their first signing of the January transfer window.
The 26-year-old has played just 22 minutes in Serie A since Atalanta signed him from Everton last summer for a fee in the region of £10m.
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Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana could miss the rest of the season with a hamstring injury.
The 24-year-old France centre-back hurt himself while stepping on the ball when challenging Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins during the Blues’ 3-0 win on 1 December.
He had started 12 of Chelsea’s 13 Premier League games until then, only missing one through suspension.
At the time boss Enzo Maresca predicted he would be out for
Portsmouth defender Conor Shaughnessy is set to miss the rest of 2024 after picking up another calf problem.
The 28 year-old had been struggling with a calf injury this season and has now torn the other calf while running.
Boss John Mousinho had been hoping to have him back after the international break, but now the defender – who missed just one league match in the whole of last season