Stoke City are waiting to find out the severity of an ankle injury sustained by captain Ryan Shawcross in Saturday's pre-season friendly against Leicester.
Shawcross, 31, was hurt while making a sliding clearance in the first half and was treated for several minutes before being carried off on a stretcher.
Potters boss Nathan Jones told BBC Radio Stoke: 'There's nothing official yet so we won't speculate.
'We think it's something reasonably serious - how serious, we don't know.'
The Stoke captain went to clear the ball on the byline under pressure from Leicester winger Marc Albrighton during the first half of the pre-season fixture.
As he went to kick the ball with his right foot, his left leg slipped and got horribly caught in the turf, apparently breaking the ankle.
Josephmoreno
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I Hope he will recover soon and i hope you are enjoying your time in Championship League 1 is waiting for you
always5
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Hope he makes a quick recovery. That looked a bad injury
literary
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Get well soon Ryan. Club legend, need a few more seasons out of you yet.
keduo
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Hopefully he recovers soon, it's never nice to see this happen and some of the comments are bang out of order..
ooplm199
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Wish him all the best in his recovery, horrific injury.
Roerdlizese
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Just like Ramsey or any player who has a serious injury, No one wants it to happen yet it does and I hope our Skipper has a speedy recovery and comes back stronger.
herrlish
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I wish him a speedy recovery. Its never good to see these kind of injuries
hundred
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Hope he recovers... But a big 🖕 to every Stoke fan who STILL have alot to say about that tackle on Aaron Ramsey
pooped
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Our captain, our Legend, speedy recovery kidda
lover2
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Wishing you a speedy recovery, skipper!
combination
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at this age theirs a high chance he wont recover.