FOREST GREEN ROVERS will be without striker Reece Styche for nine months following the news that he needs surgery on a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
The 23-year-old suffered the injury in Rovers’ 0-0 draw with Wrexham at the start of the month but the initial diagnosis was a medial strain.
A recent scan revealed it was in fact a rupture and the frontman will now undergo an operation to rectify the damage.
Styche had played over 20 Blue Square Bet Premier games this season, scoring five times.
