Tony Mowbray confirms the worst about Ross Stewart: 'It's a long injury'

Sunderland dealt second major injury blow in a matter of days.

Michael Graham | Jan 28, 2023

Tony Mowbray confirms the worst about Ross Stewart: 'It's a long injury' /

Sunderland star Ross Stewart is expected to be out for a long time after Tony Mowbray confirmed he suffered an Achilles injury against Fulham.

The Black Cats drew 1-1 with the Premier League side at Craven Cottage and put in a superb performance too.

However, the afternoon was marred considerably by the injury to Stewart, who went down off the ball in the first half before leaving on a stretcher.

It looked a serious one immediately, and Mowbray confirmed as such after the game, although they are awaiting the results of a scan.

“It looks like an Achilles injury for Ross,” Mowbray said after the game.

“They are long injuries and it’s devastating for him and for us, but the scan will reveal the full extent and hopefully it isn’t as bad as we think.

“Ross has got a big, protective boot on – it’s an Achilles injury. I’ve just speaking to the doctors there and because he’s not hopping about and screaming in pain, it could potentially be a complete tear which would be a long, long time.

"Beyond that I don’t want to jump to any conclusions, something has popped as he makes that run and we’re concerned about him, having lost Corry Evans earlier this week.”

It is the second injury Stewart has had this season, with him already missing 14 games due to a thigh problem earlier in the season.

Despite that, he has scored 11 goals in just 15 games, including his brief appearance at Craven Cottage.

Stewart’s injury is the second major injury blow Sunderland have had in a matter of days, with captain Corry Evans out for the season with a serious knee injury.

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Published Jan 28, 2023

MICHAEL GRAHAM

Michael Graham is a professional sports writer with more than ten years of industry experience. After pursuing football writing by helping establish the Roker Report Sunderland AFC fansite, Michael moved to Planet Sport to cover football. Michael has since worked on many of the sports sites within the Planet Sport network, including Football365, TEAMtalk and Planet Football before leaving to join 90min. As well as football, Michael is an accomplished tennis writer and has been regularly featured on Tennishead, TennisBuzz and Tennis365. It is football that is his first love, though, with Sunderland AFC his particular passion. Contact: michael@buzzpublishing.co.uk