The Australian suffered the setback in Blackburn Rovers defeat by Chelsea on Sunday and will now miss the Carling Cup match against Sunderland tomorrow.

Keith Andrews is ineligible while Roque Santa Cruz (hamstring), Andre Ooijer (knee) and Brett Emerton (hamstring) are all sidelined through injury.

Provisional squad: Robinson, Brown, Simpson, Samba, Nelsen, Khizanishvili, Olsson, Warnock, Mokoena, Tugay, Treacy, Pedersen, Roberts, Derbyshire, Villanueva, Fowler, McCarthy, Judge, Kane, Hodge, Howarth.