Essendon could be without star forward Jake Stringer for at least three months after sustaining an ankle injury in Friday night's win over Collingwood.
Stringer suffered the injury late into the Bombers' 15-point win over Collingwood, with coach John Worsfold addressing the news on Saturday.
โObviously he brings a lot, heโs a very talented player. Heโs got a different body shape, thereโs no doubt about that,โ Worsfold told Fox Footyโs Saturday Countdown.
โHeโs got a role to play and heโs got the ability to play that for us and we will keep working with Jake. He obviously does a lot around the ball for us, weโve been using him at centre bounces, where he has a big impact.
โItโs a syndesmosis injury. Iโve only had the basic outline of it, the club will probably release some information around that shortly. Heโs going to be unavailable for a number of weeks.
โGenerally they are at least a four week injury. Weโve seen players get back in that time if they have had surgery, but we donโt know what the outcome at the moment is. Heโll need to see surgeon to discuss whether thatโs the option we will go down.
โThey can be up to three month injury, we donโt know where his sits at the moment.โ
The Bombers sit pretty in the top half of the ladder after a 3-1 start.
