Trezeguet will be out of service for at least nine months

Aston Villa are set to be without winger Trezeguet for a year in a devastating blow.

The Midlands giants announced earlier this month that the Egypt international would undergo surgery after suffering knee ligament damage in the 2-1 defeat to Liverpool.

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Injury: ACL

Target return date: Next season.

What Smith said: “He’s had a significant knee injury which is normally nine months. We never like to put a time frame on injuries but that’s the average time to come back. Some come back earlier, some come back later.”

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That is the usual timeframe for the most serious of the knee ligament injuries, and which has regularly ruled out top-level stars for around a year.

Trezeguet’s Villa teammate Wesley tore his ACL on New Year’s Day of last year and was sidelined for 16 months before making his comeback as a late substitute in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with West Brom.

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