Craig Halkett: Hearts defender out for 10 weeks with knee injury

Hearts defender Craig Halkett has been ruled out for around 10 weeks manager Craig Levein has verified.
The centre-back was forced past weekend throughout their goalless draw with St Mirren off and tests have revealed hes suffered medial ligament damage.
Halkett was a regular fixture in Leveins side in the first stages of this effort, scoring four goals at the Scottish League Cup and making 12 appearances in all competitions.
Levein said:We have a fair idea, it will be about approximately ten months . however, it might be less or slightly more. Its disappointing on a number of fronts, obviously for ourselves since hes been doing well, and because hes been doing well.
After the midfielder was also forced off in St Mirren with a hamstring issue, hearts are also likely to function as Loic Damour for Saturdays visit of Kilmarnock.
He hasnt trained this week thats a sign he might struggle for tomorrow Levein stated. The strategy is that he is going to do something today and then well need to see if theres a response tomorrow before we could make a decision.
Sky Sports has supported its latest collection of dwell Scottish Premiership matches for November and December, using the Edinburgh derby showcased in a stellar schedule within the festive period and all the Old Firm match.
Hearts host neighbours Hibs on Boxing Day earlier Scottish champions Celtic amuse Glasgow rivals Rangers on December 29, equally 12.30pm kick-offs.

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