Alejandro Faurlin’s season could be over after scans revealed the midfielder has suffered a third Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury in as many seasons.

Faurlin was stretchered off after an hour of QPR’s Capital One Cup defeat to Burton Albion on Wednesday night and reports have revealed the bad news.

The injury is independent of the ACL problem he picked up last November and the damage has been done to the opposite knee he hurt in January 2012.

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QPR’s head of medical services, Peter Florida James, told www.qpr.co.uk: “We’re all absolutely devastated for Ale.

“It looked so innocuous on Wednesday night, so this has come as a massive blow for us all.

“The knee itself stayed pretty stable, but the scans have since revealed his ACL graft has ruptured.

“If he has a repair it will be a six to nine month injury, which is absolutely devastating for all concerned.”

R’s boss Harry Redknapp has also spoken of his sadness at this latest development in a series of sickening injuries to the Argentine.

He added: “We’re all desperately saddened and disappointed for Ale.

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“He is a great man and player, and he’s suffered terribly bad luck over the last few years with injuries.

“We will, of course, do everything we can to support him and help him back on the road to recovery.”