Ryan McHugh is set to be out of action for around a month after suffering a tear of an ankle tendon on Sunday.
McHugh (pictured by Geraldine Diver) had to come off ten minutes from the end of Donegal’s Allianz League clash with Monaghan at Fr Tierney Park in Ballyshannon after going over awkwardly.
Donegal team doctor Kevin Moran put his foot into a protective boot immediately and the player had treatment at University Ulster, Jordanstown – where he attends college – on Monday.
The Kilcar man had a subsequent scan at the Affidea clinic in Letterkenny that has showed a tear of an ankle tendon.
The 2016 GAA Young Player of the Year, who was walking with the aid of a crutch as he attended last night’s Ulster U21 semi-final between Donegal and Cavan – which was postponed late in the evening – has been told that he will be absent for ‘three to four weeks’.
McHugh will miss Donegal’s Allianz League game against Mayo this Sunday and will also sit out Sunday-week’s League final, should Donegal qualify.
However, he should make a return to action for Kilcar’s opening game in the 2017 Donegal SFC against Gaoth Dobhair in early May and will be well on track to line out for Donegal against Antrim on May 21 in the Ulster SFC quarter-final.
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