Blackburn Santa Cruz pessimistic on injury

Injured striker Roque Santa Cruz has cast doubt on his ability to boost Blackburn’s battle against relegation. Santa Cruz, 27, has been sidelined for two weeks with a knee injury and told a Paraguayan radio show: “I will not play on Saturday”

Blackburn and Paraguay’s medical staff are due to liaise with each other over how best to manage the injury, BBC reported. “It is a tendinitis I’ve been carrying for a long time and I have already played some matches with pain.I gave up training two weeks ago,” the player old Puro Futbol. “Not training does not help me physically.

“It is a difficult situation and we’ll have a talk with the medical staff.”