Blues midfielder Grant Ward says his season has been ended by the knee injury he suffered at QPR yesterday.

Posting on Instagram, the 24-year-old, who picked up the knock in what looked a relatively routine challenge just after the hour mark, wrote: “ACL [anterior cruciate ligament] done, see you next season.”

Ward, who was making his second start under new manager Paul Lambert, was initially helped to walk off the pitch before being stretchered to the tunnel. Depending on the seriousness of the injury, Ward could be out for up to a year, as Andre Dozzell was with the ACL injury he suffered at the start of last season.

Ward’s loss leaves Lambert even more short of experienced midfielders with Cole Skuse expected to be out for around another five or six weeks having undergone minor knee surgery and long-term absentees Emyr Huws (knee) and Tom Adeyemi (achilles) still not ready to return.

Even prior to Ward’s injury Lambert had said he was looking to add another experienced midfielder to his squad.

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Taricco_Fan added 22:04 - Dec 27 Get Mustapha Carayol back in!
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ernie added 23:04 - Dec 27 He seems almost relieved to be out of a relegation scrap. Who says he will even be around next season?
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Warkys_Tash added 23:28 - Dec 27 Not nice for a young player to get such a serious injury. I wish him all the best in his recovery. I reckon that will be the last we ever see of GW in a Town shirt, really hasn't done enough or been consistent enough. There is a player there someone but allegedly on £10k per week, money could be better spent.
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algarvefan added 01:06 - Dec 28 It's very sad to see a person rubbish a player when he has just suffered what can be a career threatening injury. I find it genuinely sad when it is one of our own and I'm sure hurtful to the player if he see's it. Come on guys lets start to support this team, it's not going to be easy, but when the going gets tough.............you know the rest.
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ITFCsince73 added 07:38 - Dec 28 Sorry but Grant Ward is a typical example of why we're going down. Not interested in busting a gut for our great club. Wish him well, but hopefully never to be seen in a town shirt again.
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