Premier League - Alves out for rest of season

Eurosport - Tue, 12 May 17:20:00 2009

Middlesbrough's survival hopes have been dealt a blow with news that striker Afonso Alves will miss the final two games of the season with a broken foot.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Premier League Afonso Alves, Middlesbrough - 0

The Brazilian was forced off the pitch midway through the first half of Boro's damaging 3-1 defeat at fellow strugglers Newcastle on Monday night.

"He will take no further part in this season's campaign after scans revealed the extent of the injury," the club said on their website.

Alves departed on a stretcher following a hefty challenge from Newcastle midfielder Nicky Butt and was replaced by Marlon King on 36 minutes.

Scans on Tuesday revealed a fractured metatarsal, meaning Alves will play no further part in Boro's fight against relegation.

Gareth Southgate's side are perilously close the drop following defeat at St James' Park - they lie second bottom, three points from safety, with two games to play.

And those fixtures are far from straightforward, with Boro welcoming Aston Villa to the Riverside at the weekend before travelling to West Ham on the final day of the season.

Mike Hytner / Eurosport

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  1. A poor buy and soon to be a loss

    From I know how, on Sat 16 May 11:04AM

  2. donneysbeck why are you such a bell end?

    From mpierce82, on Wed 13 May 10:23AM

  3. who cares he's @#$%

    From Gizmo, on Tue 12 May 11:19PM

  4. Alex fair point but he was @#$% for Arsenal and­ he's been crapper for Mids. Ive seen him miss a­ fair few that should have been. No composure thats his­ weakness.

    From Tom, on Tue 12 May 8:32PM

  5. i agree that Alves is NOT premiership material. BUT­ aliadiere hasn't been given much of a chance to­ prove himself this season.

    From alex_davis_9, on Tue 12 May 8:18PM

  6. Ahahaha as if this is a loss Aliadiere and Alves are­ the crapest strikers ive ever seen. I would even go so­ far as to say they are crapper than Heskey!!!

    From Tom, on Tue 12 May 7:40PM

  7. this guy is a brazilian striker? give me my money back­ now! He must have scored five goals in eighteen months­ at Boro which is why they are going down, down, down.

    From sanchez.santos, on Tue 12 May 7:26PM

  8. good riddens, aliadiere and emnes are both better­ forwards

    From mathewdionyssiou, on Tue 12 May 7:01PM

  9. he's had a broken foot since his first match with­ boro

    From mogrify, on Tue 12 May 6:04PM

  10. who cares? he's out next season

    From nasrul hadi, on Tue 12 May 5:46PM

  11. survival hopes? who are you kidding. Championship­ hopes maybe.

    From Silver N, on Tue 12 May 5:41PM

  12. oh well it doesent make much of a difference we have­ only got 2 games left and he was a waste of money has­ done nothing all season and now he is going to benefica­ at the end the end of the season. so i dont really care­ what happens to him because at the end of the day its­ the players fault and partly the managers that we are­ in this position when we shouldnt be so we deserve to­ be relegated

    From smiley123, on Tue 12 May 5:11PM

  13. A WAS OOT AN THA SANSHEEN THAR BAT A HOV CAME BECK­ ANSEED CAZ ATS TAY HOT. ATS NEERLAY 20 DEGREES OOT­ THAR. FACKUN BARN YEE ALIVE.

    From donneysbeck, on Tue 12 May 4:42PM

  14. wish him well and a speedy recovery

    From samolaleye, on Tue 12 May 4:21PM
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