Uwe Rosler spoke of his shock after seeing Conor McAleny suffer what the Brentford manager described as “a very, very nasty” injury against Walsall.
The on-loan Everton youngster was stretchered off after nine minutes of the Bees’ 1-0 victory and was clearly in some distress.
Rosler refused to give any details on the nature of the injury, but said: “It is very, very nasty. We were all shocked. I was speechless.
“I feel for the lad. He is a very promising player and a very good character.
“We will give him all the support we can and hopefully he will come back soon.”
McAleny was on the receiving end of a crunching tackle from Walsall’s Adam Chambers.
The defender won the ball and Rosler does not think there was any malicious intent.
Rosler said: “Conor was coming in from the side and he wanted to shoot.
“Things like this can happen in football. I don’t think the player went for him.”
Meanwhile, Rosler said Brentford’s summer signing Will Grigg missed the game against the striker’s former club because of a hamstring injury.
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This post was last modified on 24/08/2013