HEARTS defender Craig Halkett will be missing for about 10 weeks with his knee injury, manager Craig Levein has confirmed.
The centre-back went off during last weekend's goalless draw with St Mirren and scans have revealed the extent of his lay-off.
Levein said: "We have got a fair idea, it will be around about 10 weeks but it might be less or slightly more. It's disappointing on a number of fronts, obviously for ourselves because he has been doing well, and for him because he has been doing well."
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Hearts are also likely to be without Loic Damour for Saturday's visit of Kilmarnock after the midfielder was forced off in Paisley with a hamstring problem.
"He hasn't trained this week so that's an indication that he might struggle for tomorrow," Levein said. "The plan is he is going to do something today and then we will have to see if there's a reaction tomorrow before we can make a decision."
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