The midfielder picked up an injury in Sunderland’s defeat to Crystal Palace.
Adnan Januzaj has been ruled out for up to six weeks with an ankle injury, safc.com have reported.
The winger, who is on loan from Manchester United, picked up the injury in Sunderland’s home defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday. The 21-year-old returned to the side having missed the cup tie with QPR due to suspension after being sent off against Tottenham.
Sunderland’s Adnan Januzaj in action with Tottenham’s Jan Vertonghen
The Belgian has had a mixed start to his spell in red and white, dazzling fans with his dribbling ability, gliding past players as if they aren’t there, before failing deliver an end product, much to the frustration of the Sunderland faithful.
Despite his hit and miss performances, the injury to Januzaj is a blow to David Moyes, who already has a thin squad to begin with.
Sunderland’s Adnan Januzaj walks off dejected after being sent off
Nothing seems to be going right at the minute for Sunderland, On a day when they have seen their ex manager Sam Allardyce lose his job as England boss, they were served a double blow with the injury to Januzaj.
With the club bottom of the league and now without one of their best attacking players, Sunderland fans have taken to Twitter to react to the latest piece of bad news, or good news according to a portion of Black Cats supporters.
Everton’s Idrissa Gueye in action with Sunderland’s Adnan Januzaj
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