Middlesbrough striker Mark Viduka has been ruled out for six weeks after X-rays showed he broke a toe in the derby against Newcastle.
The 31-year-old Australian suffered his injury in the first half of Sunday’s Riverside Stadium match, which Boro won 1-0 thanks to Aiyegbeni Yakubu’s late goal.
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