David Wheater out for nine months

Bolton Wanderers confirm that David Wheater has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and is likely to miss the next nine months.

By Robert Summerscales, Reporter

Published: May 7 2012 | 22:20

Last updated: May 8 2012 | 08:32

Bolton Wanderers defender David Wheater is expected to be out for nine months after being diagnosed with a knee ligament injury.

The 25-year-old suffered the injury after an innocuous-looking incident during the Trotters' 2-2 draw with West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.

A club statement confirmed: "Scans have revealed that David Wheater has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

"The defender picked up the injury when he landed awkwardly during yesterday's home game against West Bromwich Albion.

"He is expected to be out of action for up to nine months."

Bolton are 18th in the Premier League table with one game remaining and failure to win at Stoke City on Sunday would consign them to relegation.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Birmingham City Birmingham	23	16	5	2	41	17	24	53
2	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe	25	15	6	4	50	27	23	51
3	Wrexham	25	15	6	4	37	18	19	51
4	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	24	14	5	5	37	19	18	47
5	Barnsley	25	12	6	7	39	33	6	42
6	Reading	24	12	5	7	39	33	6	41
7	Stockport County Stockport	25	10	8	7	37	27	10	38
8	Leyton Orient	24	11	4	9	32	22	10	37
9	Mansfield Town Mansfield	23	11	4	8	31	26	5	37
10	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	24	11	4	9	36	37	-1	37
11	Charlton Athletic Charlton	23	9	7	7	27	21	6	34
12	Lincoln City Lincoln	25	8	8	9	28	30	-2	32
13	Rotherham United Rotherham	24	8	7	9	24	24	0	31
14	Stevenage	23	8	7	8	18	20	-2	31
15	Exeter City Exeter	24	9	4	11	28	31	-3	31
16	Blackpool	24	7	9	8	32	35	-3	30
17	Wigan Athletic Wigan	23	7	6	10	21	23	-2	27
18	Northampton Town Northampton	25	6	8	11	24	39	-15	26
19	Peterborough United Peterborough	24	7	4	13	41	46	-5	25
20	Bristol Rovers	24	7	4	13	22	38	-16	25
21	Crawley Town Crawley	23	5	5	13	24	43	-19	20
22	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury	24	4	5	15	24	44	-20	17
23	Cambridge United Cambridge	24	4	5	15	22	43	-21	17
24	Burton Albion	24	2	8	14	20	38	-18	14