Cardiff City defender Sol Bamba will miss out remaining games of the Bluebirds this term .
The 34-year-old Cote d’Ivoire international has received a confirmation of his abrupt end to the 2018-19 season after suffering a knee ligament injury.
This happened after he was stretchered off in the first half of Cardiff’s 2-0 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers last Saturday.
Scans have now revealed that the defender has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and will undergo surgery. The injury will rule him out of the remaining games of the 2018-19 campaign.
“It is with great sadness that I have to leave my teammates for the rest of the season, with my latest injury being diagnosed as a ruptured ACL,” Bamba tweeted.
“I have been overwhelmed by the messages of support I have received since the game. Not just from Cardiff fans but from football fans all over. I have read every one of them and I thank you so much. I don’t take this support for granted.
“Of course it is a big blow for me at the moment but we have to think about the club first and focus on our goal to achieve, that is staying up.
Prior to the injury, Bamba had been a regular fixture for Neil Warnock’s men, featuring in all but one of their league games, helping them to keep seven clean sheets and capping it with four goals.
Cardiff, 18th in the log, will hope to brighten their chances of avoiding relegation at the end of the season with victory over West Ham United on Saturday.