Sheffield Wednesday midfielder dealt horror blow - faces ‘many months’ out

Tyler Onyango was injured on his Sheffield Wednesday debut, and won’t be back on the field for a long time.

The Owls midfielder, who has had a number of injury issues during his young career, was handed a first start for Wednesday in their League One opener against Leyton Orient, but had to come off very early in the game after sustaining a problem with his knee.

Now it has been confirmed by Henrik Pedersen that Onyango’s injury is a serious one, and that he faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines as he works his way back to full fitness.

"Tyler has injured his ACL,” the Dane told the media today. “And I think he will be out for many months. It is so sad for him and for everyone.”

He also went on to mention Yan Valery, Ricardo Santos and Billy Mitchell, saying, “Yan has trained the whole week and is available for us.

"Ricardo has trained well and done everything so that is very positive. Billy, same for him, he trained last week and all of this week."

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