for between 6-8 weeks confirmed by Coach Marc Wilmots. This leaves them short in defence with Vermaelen already suspended. "I blew the whistle to stop training and he turned his ankle as he brought the ball down," Wilmots told reporters on Thursday.
"He had a scan here and he has torn two or three external ligaments, which mean his Euros are over.
"It's a sporting tragedy for him - I won't say it's a real tragedy. He was completely fit mentally and physically but fate decided that on this particular movement, that he would do 10,000 times his ligaments would tear.
"He was our vice-captain and we've got Thomas Vermaelen, who's banned. But we've got alternatives. We face a tricky fixture but the players have been with us for four years.
"We have options there. We're thinking forward, to the future. We've got 19 players fit and ready to play and we have to try to get into the last four."
"Based on our forecast it should be between six and eight weeks.
"He suffered the same injury before and it took about that long to recover. But it depends on his rehabilitation.
"We've been in touch with [Tottenham head coach Mauricio] Pochettino and the Tottenham doctor."
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