Rovers have confirmed that Bradley Dack has sustained a second anterior cruciate knee ligament injury.

Dack underwent a scan on Monday and the results have shown damage to his ACL having been taken off on a stretcher in the defeat to Brentford.

The 27-year-old missed 12 months of action with an ACL injury to his right knee sustained in the draw with Wigan Athletic in December 2019, with this latest injury to his left knee.

Dack will now see a surgeon to undergo an operation and then begin his rehabilitation.

Manager Tony Mowbray said: “He will travel to see the surgeon who did his other knee, that’s tomorrow his appointment, I think they will wait for the swelling to go down and then they’ll get the operation done as soon as they can.

“Then the journey starts again for him.

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“He was in the building today, I had a long chat with him. Mentally he’s in a good place, to the point of him being ready for the challenge.

“He’s done a bit of homework on it and seen that some pretty big footballers have two had two cruciate injuries and gone on to have wonderful careers so he’s trying to find the positives at the moment and telling me he’ll meet all the challenges infront of him and he’s already looking forward to getting the process started and can’t wait for the days back on the grass again.”

Dack posted a message in the wake of the injury with the words ‘tough times don’t last, tough people do’, and Mowbray says the attacker’s mindset is a positive one.

“It’s really impressive,” Mowbray said.

“I didn’t know if there would be a dark cloud around him, but he’s a really impressive individual. I’m sure that he’s got support systems around him, you need a good family who love you and care for you and are giving you constantly good vibes.

“I know, for instance, his team-mates all think the world of him and everyone at the football club does, never mind his family who will be more caring towards him.

“At the moment he’s in a good place, he’ll probably wait for the swelling to go down and then have an appointment for the operation and the long journey starts again for him.

“Having just finished a whole year of real hard work, you know you’re going back to step one and starting it all again.”