Aston Villa injury news: Leon Goretzka suffers knee problem ahead of Champions League opener

Aston Villa midfielder Leon Goretzka has been ruled retired until October with a genu injury.

Unai Emery and his squad person travelled to Belgium for Tuesday's Champions League fixture against Club Brugge.

Theoretically speaking, the crippled had been viewed arsenic an accidental to manus Germany planetary Goretzka his debut aft his accomplishment connected a escaped transfer.

Emery would person hoped to spot antithetic options successful the motor country aft 3 Premier League fixtures without a goal.

However, some Emery and Goretzka person confirmed that helium is acceptable for a spell connected the sidelines.

Goretzka, Emery bespeak connected genu injury

In a connection connected societal media, Goretzka said: "Dear Villans, archetypal of all, convey you for the unthinkable welcome. After my archetypal fewer days astatine this club, the feeling that I'm precisely wherever I'm meant to beryllium has grown stronger with each passing day.

"Unfortunately, my assemblage has reacted to the accrued workload aft my clip distant from the pitch. It's frustrating, but I request this abbreviated interruption present to travel backmost astatine afloat strength."

Addressing the improvement astatine a property league connected Monday, Emery added: "The injured players, for me, are thing normal.

“Every subordinate is the same, and erstwhile we are closing the squad with 2 players for each position, with immoderate young players trying to usage their imaginable much and more, similar George, performing precise well.

“Other players tin person immoderate injuries and we indispensable beryllium acceptable to regenerate them.

“Goretzka's wounded and his contented is simply a small spot frustrating, but we person players to regenerate him, similar Ross Barkley, similar Joao Gomes, Lamare Bogarde and Kamara.”

How galore Aston Villa matches with Goretzka miss?

The information that an extended planetary interruption is owed to instrumentality spot from the September 24 onwards has minimalised the harm from a Villa perspective.

That said, Goretzka volition miss the games with Club Brugge, Nottingham Forest, Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur.

With lone 2 of those matches taking spot successful the Premier League, Emery volition consciousness that Villa tin header with Goretzka's absence.

Villa are past backmost successful enactment connected October 10 erstwhile they play big to Brentford successful the apical flight.