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Derby County: Injured George Thorne ruled out for up to nine months

By pgreen_DT  |  Posted: July 24, 2014

By Steve Nicholson

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George Thorne in action against Zenit St Petersburg this week

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DERBY County have been dealt a huge injury blow ahead of the new Championship campaign.

The Rams' big signing of the summer, George Thorne, has been ruled out for up to nine months.

Thorne was undergoing surgery in London this afternoon to repair a ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament in his left knee.

He suffered the damage in the defeat by Zenit St Petersburg on Tuesday night and limped off after 34 minutes.

At first, it was thought not to be too serious an injury and he had only jarred his knee.

The 21-year-old midfielder had a scan yesterday which proved inconclusive and so he left the club's training base in Austria and flew from Vienna to Heathrow before having another scan in Brentford, and the full extent of the damage was revealed.

Thorne completed his

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