Blow for Villa as Djemba-Djemba ruled out for six weeks

ASTON Villa midfielder Eric Djemba-Djemba will be out of action until the beginning of May with the hamstring injury suffered in training last week.

The Cameroon international, signed from Manchester United in the January transfer window, will be sidelined for around six weeks.

Djemba-Djemba has made only four appearances since his £1.3m move from Old Trafford and was left out of the side for Villa’s 2-0 win against Middlesbrough 11 days ago.

Villa Manager David O’Leary has already admitted he expects the player not to show his best form until he has a full pre-season under his belt after only playing spasmodically for United.

O’Leary said: “Eric has picked up this hamstring strain in training and I would imagine it will be something like six weeks that he is out of action.”