Newcastle striker Michael Owen will see a hernia specialist on Thursday to decide if he needs surgery to cure his injury.
Owen has been troubled by a groin injury for the last week and missed his club's League Cup defeat at Arsenal on Tuesday.
Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce believes Owen is likely to need the operation, which would rule the England star out for at least three weeks.
Allardyce said: "He has a 3cm tear in his abductor muscle and will see a specialist on Thursday to decide whether he will need a hernia operation or not."
If Owen does go on the operation it would rule him out of England's crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia on October 13 and 17, leaving England coach Steve McClaren, who is already without Emile Heskey, facing a striker crisis.
Source: Xinhua
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