Paisley Daily Express

Danny to remain a Saint

Crocked keeper will stay

- Craig Ritchie

in Aberdeen.

“Then when he gets closer to fitness he will come back and join On-loan us.” goalkeeper Danny

Meanwhile, Stubbs confirmed Rogers is set to remain at St

that Paul McGinn, Josh Heaton Mirren despite suffering a and Jordan Kirkpatric­k will all miss knee injury. Saturday’s game away to Hearts.

Rogers, who is on a seasonMcGi­nn has suffered a strain, long deal from Premiershi­p rivals while Heaton is believed to have Aberdeen, was stretchere­d off in the suffered ligament damage to his latter stages of last week’s reserve ankle. clash with Dundee United having Kirkpatric­k has been a long-term collapsed to the turf while trying to casualty after limping off in the throw the ball. Betfred Cup clash with Kilmarnock,

Saints boss Alan Stubbs confirmed but Stubbs says he is nearing his that Rogers has not suffered cruciate recovery. damage but is likely to be out for up He added: “Paul’s coming along to six weeks . well. We are hopeful that he will be

Stubbs revealed that he has no ready after the internatio­nal break. intentions of cutting the loan deal “He will miss this weekend and short ahead of tonight’s transfer then we’ve got a couple of weeks to deadline, with youngster Lewis Muir get him ready. to continue as Craig Samson’s back“It was a slight strain, the problem up in the coming weeks. was it was close to a previous

He said: “Danny met the specialist injury that had kept him out for a yesterday and it was positive news. considerab­le amount of time. That’s

“It’s not, from what we can gather, why we are being careful. anything significan­t in terms of his “He might have been fit this cruciate or anything. So we are weekend but we are cautious. hoping that Danny could be back “Josh is going to be a bit longer somewhere between four to six or but not significan­tly longer. We are six to eight weeks. looking at potentiall­y three or four

“Cutting short his loan, that’s not weeks. something we looked at. “And Jordan was back involved

“If it was significan­t then we would this week and joined in with full have been talking six to nine months contact on Wednesday. out. “We will try and get him a game

“However, the fact it could be four on Monday or next Saturday in the to six weeks, or a little more, then he 21s. We will try and get him some will do the first part of his rehab up minutes.”

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Knee injury Danny Rogers

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