Hull City want Robert Snodgrass to undergo further scans on his worrying knee injury, before determining how long the midfielder will be out of action.
The £8m summer capture from Norwich twisted his left knee in an innocuous looking collision with Joey Barton during the first half of City's 1-0 win at QPR on Saturday.
That saw his Premier League debut for the Tigers curtailed to just 40 minutes, before he was replaced by Stephen Quinn, and he later left Loftus Road wearing a knee brace and on crutches.
Reports have today surfaced in the national media that the 26-year-old will now be ruled out for four months because of a dislocated knee cap.
However, the Mail understands those reports are premature and further tests are scheduled tomorrow to see if the club's medical staff can make a more accurate diagnosis.
Whilst Snodgrass is expected to be missing for at least a couple of months, City's physio team are hoping a reduction in swelling to his knee will reveal exactly what is wrong before making it public.
