Vaesen out for six months

Last updated : 05 March 2003 By Brian Cartlidge
The Blues number one was stretchered off three minutes from the end of the 2-0 victory over Villa on Monday night after he caught his foot in the turf clearing a Kenny Cunningham back-pass.

Blues boss Steve Bruce is now looking to see if the Premier League will give the club special dispensation to bring in a keeper on loan even though he has two fit professional keepers on the books in Clint Davies and Ian Bennett.

Nineteen-year-old Davies, however, is only a first year professional and has yet to make a first team appearance in any competition.