Gor Mahia have confirmed defender Wellington Ochieng will not be involved until the end of the season.
The right-back has been training with the team after recovering from injury but according to coach Steven Polack, the injury has refused to heal and when they ordered further scans, it was decided he needed surgery.
“Yes, Ochieng needs some operation,” Polack told Goal on Friday. “He needs some operation to repair his leg.
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“He has been training with us since he came back from the injury setback but then he continued to feel the pain and eventually we sent him to undertake an MRI and doctors have now advised be must go under the knife to repair the right knee.