MARTIN KELLY has suffered another crushing disappointment after he picked up an injury which will end his season.
Liverpool’s young right-back was ruled out of the squad that beat Sunderland 3-0 on Sunday after he tore his meniscus knee ligament in training 24 hours before that contest.
Fernando Torres suffered a similar problem in January, which required surgery and six weeks on the sidelines to fix and, as that will be the case again, Kelly’s campaign is over.
It is a huge blow for the 19-year-old, who is held in high regard at Anfield and has made encouraging progress in recent months.
Kelly was man-of-the-match when he made his debut in the Champions League against Lyon at Anfield last October and would have figured even more but for picking up an ankle problem in that game.
He returned to first team action when coming on as a substitute in the Europa League victory over Unirea Urziceni and then made his Premier League debut from the bench against Portsmouth but all plans for him are on hold now after this fresh setback.
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