Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that Lucas Bergvall's season is likely over after he sustained an ankle injury in training.
Lucas was forced to sit out of Thursday night's Europa League semi-final first-leg win over Bodø/Glimt after Ange reported that he had tweaked his ankle.
However, it now looks like the midfielder will now miss the rest of our 2024/25 campaign after sustaining damage to ligaments in his ankle.
Speaking to the media on Friday afternoon ahead of Sunday's trip to West Ham United, Ange told reporters, "With Lucas, it looks like the injury is significant enough to probably keep him out now for the rest of the season. He tweaked his ligaments in his ankle so he is out."
Asked later how the injury came about, Ange said: "It's something you see all the time. It wasn't a tackle, he was on his own, he just went to turn and his ankle gave way. It's one of those things, similar to Dom (Solanke, earlier in the season) and others we've had in training. These things happen."