Millwall handed major injury blow ahead of QPR and Leeds United clashes

Millwall have been handed a major injury blow ahead of their upcoming clashes with QPR and Leeds United. The Lions picked up another much-needed win over Portsmouth on Tuesday night to make it back-to-back wins, arresting a slide down the table in doing so.

The Lions are now in 14th place, one point behind their next opponents, London rivals QPR, who they play Saturday before taking on Championship rivals Leeds in the FA Cup the following Saturday.

But ahead of those games, Millwall may have lost one of their most important players to injury, and potentially for the season, with Liverpool loanee Callum Scanlon now sidelined with a serious hamstring injury. Alex Neil confirmed after the Portsmouth win: “Calum’s got a grade three on his hamstring. Calum will be probably twelve weeks, so maybe a season-finisher for Calum. Lukas shouldn’t be long. I’m hoping Lukas (Jensen) will be a few days rather than a few weeks.”

Scanlon has struggled all season with injury, not returning until mid-January, racking up three appearances since, scoring once. The winger has looked particularly dangerous for the Lions during that time, but his nightmare season will now continue as he returns to the sideline and potentially until the summer.

Meanwhile, Millwall boss Neil has told South London News that he is pleased by his side’s ability to pick up results in spite of injury issues. “I think that’s probably where my sort of delight comes from is how many players we’ve got out, how many guys we need to keep relying on to churn out the minutes and the matches for us and to still win games and be effective,” added the Millwall boss.

“Even look at the bench tonight, you’ve got young Sheldon (Kendall), he couldn’t even come come into the changing room. He needs to change in a separate changing room because he is that young. So I think that just shows opportunity for young players for a start. And I think when it does shows that if you’re ready and we feel you can input, you’ll be involved.”