Saha out for up to five weeks

AFP - 2 January 2009 18:55

Everton´s Louis Saha lies injured before being carried off during their Barclays Premiership football match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane in November 2008 in London. Saha has been ruled out for up to five weeks after a second scan on his hamstring injury on Friday.

LIVERPOOL, England (AFP) - Everton striker Louis Saha has been ruled out for up to five weeks after a second scan on his hamstring injury on Friday.

Saha has been sidelined since suffering the injury in Everton's 1-0 win at Tottenham at the end of November and Toffees boss David Moyes confirmed that the 30-year-old, who joined from Manchester United in close-season, won't return to action until February.

"Louis has been re-scanned and he will be out for another four to five weeks," Moyes told Everton's website.

Saha's prolonged absence is a major blow to Moyes, who is already without injured strikers Ayegbeni Yakubu, James Vaughan and Victor Anichebe.

Moyes has been forced to play with Australia midfielder Tim Cahill as a makeshift forward in recent weeks and Saha's injury problems are likely to force him into the January transfer market.