On Friday morning Mark Hughes revealed that Mousa Dembele will be out of action for 2-3 weeks following Fulham's match against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Tuesday night.
"At the moment it's looking likely he'll [Dembele] be out for 2-3 weeks," Hughes told fulhamfc.com. "I would imagine after the international break he'll be fit and well.
"He's been very lucky. The challenge was unnecessary and we're thankful it's not any more serious than it is. At the time I was extremely angry and made my feelings known. I was disappointed by the challenge.
"I've been pleased with what Mousa's produced this season and to not have him available from a tackle so late in the game is frustrating, but we'll get him back as soon as possible.
"It's important we don't get him back too soon and compromise him but the feeling is he'll be out for 2-3 weeks."
There was some good news on the injury front on Friday, with Hughes confirming that Diomansy Kamara and Damien Duff will both be in contention for Saturday's game against Everton at the Cottage.
"Diomansy Kamara's back in training. He played 70 minutes in a game behind closed doors this week and we'll look at him today [Friday]. Damien Duff also trained yesterday so he's in contention for Saturday."
There was further positive news surrounding the fitness of goalkeeper David Stockdale and striker Andrew Johnson. As Hughes explained, Stockdale is now back in training and will be joined the very near future by Fulham's No.8.
"David Stockdale has started to join in with the senior group. He's not quite ready to play yet but he's not far from it. It's good he's back training again and he should be okay in the next week or so.
"Andy Johnson's doing really well and we're hopeful he'll join the main group on Monday. We'll build him up and try and get him some game time in practice matches with the senior group. We'll take our time with him because he's been out for a long time and we don't want to force him back too quickly."