Luque Out For Six Weeks

Last updated : 12 September 2005 By Footy Mad - Editor
The £9.5million signing from Deportivo La Coruna was carried off with a hamstring injury during today's 1-1 Premiership draw with Fulham - and Magpies boss Graeme Souness confirmed he expects the player to be missing for several weeks.
The Scot said: "It is a proper one - he says he felt it was like a knife. They describe it one of two ways - it is like being shot in the back of the leg or a knife being stabbed into the back of the leg. It sounds like it is what Bob Paisley would have called a 'six-weeker'."
With Kieron Dyer and Emre still on the sidelines, next weekend's trip to the manager's former club Blackburn could be another tough proposition