Saints' Forster out for season

London - Southampton's England international goalkeeper Fraser Forster will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on a knee injury, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday.

The 27-year-old injured his left knee after colliding with Sam Vokes in the early stages of Southampton's 2-0 defeat of Burnley on Saturday and a subsequent scan revealed that he had damaged his patellar tendon.

In a statement on their website, the club said: "A scan on Monday showed that the goalkeeper had suffered damage to his left patellar tendon, with the injury and resultant surgery ruling him out for the remainder of this season.