Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has confirmed Manchester United-linked winger Michael Olise is set for another spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.
The playmaker, who has been strongly linked with a move to Old Trafford in recent weeks, was forced off in Palace's 4-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend, just minutes after coming off the bench.
Though Hodgson has not put a timescale on how long the London-born French youth international could be sidelined for, he has described the injury as being "serious".
News of this injury is another body blow for Olise, who has played just 11 times this term because of injury troubles. He did not make his first appearance of this season until November 11 after another hamstring injury forced him to miss the first three months of the campaign.
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