Panic at Old Trafford as Man Utd star suffers serious injury, set to be out for two months

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- Marouane Fellaini is now set to be out of action for the next two months

- He sustained an injury last night while playing agaisnt Tottenham

- His team lost the Premier League match 2-0 at Wembley Stadium

Manchester United have been hit with a big blow following the injury of their star midfielder Marouane Fellaini who could be out of action for the next two months.

On Thursday night, January 31, the Belgian star only played seven minutes in his side's 2-0 loss against rivals Tottenham at Wembley Stadium.

According to the report by ESPN, Fellaini may have to undergo surgery on the problem potentially ruling him out of action for six to eight weeks and their crunch Champions League last-16 tie with Sevilla.

Manchester United star Marouane Fellaini set for knee surgery (photo: Sun)

That means that the ex-Everton man might not return until April which is just over a month before his contract ends at Old Trafford.

Earlier, NAIJ.com had reported how Manchester United on Wednesday night, January 31 suffered an embarrassing defeat at the Wembley Stadium when they were defeated by Tottenham 2-0.

Tottenham started the match with flurry of attacks as they scored in the first minute through Christian Eriksen who sent David De Gea the wrong side.

Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez tried to restore parity in the 10th minute, but his shot was well saved by Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

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