St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson confirmed that Charles Dunne will miss the start of the cinch Premiership season, but the defender's injury isn't as bad as first feared.
The 30-year-old defender limped off with a calf injury on Tuesday's night's 1-0 win over Cowdenbeath. A scan this week revealed that Charles will be out of action for around about three weeks - a similar time frame to Keanu Baccus who returned to the squad on Tuesday after his own calf injury.
The manager told the press this morning: "He is not as bad as we first feared, we are looking probably about three weeks with Charles."
"It is obviously a blow for us – but not as bad as we thought it was going to be.
He has had a scan, he will be a similar time frame as Keanu (Baccus) so hopefully three weeks and he will be back available again."
It's better news for Greg Kilite who is set to start back training next week after coming off in last weekend's 4-0 win against Arbroath.
The Saints midfield man took a knock on his ankle, but is expected to join back in with the group on Monday.
