Brian Graham was stretchered off against Inverness at the weekend.
Dundee United are not expected to learn the true extent of Brian Graham’s ankle injury until later this week.
The Tangerines’ striker appeared to have seriously damaged ankle ligaments after falling awkwardly during the 1-1 draw up in Inverness and is understood to have left the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium on crutches.
Early indications were that Graham has not broken his ankle but United are having to wait for the bruising to go down before assessing exactly what damage has been done, although he is expected to be sidelined for a minimum of three weeks.
Graham was replaced by new signing Farid El Alagui after being stretchered off, meaning the on loan Brentford forward could well come into manager Jackie McNamara’s starting line-up for Saturday’s trip to face Ross County.
* Two more young prospects at Tannadice have again been rewarded with Scotland call-ups.
Goalkeeper Ryan Booth and forward Ali Coote have both been included in the u16 squad taking part in the 2014 Mercedes Benz Aegean Cup in Turkey from January 18 to 26.
