unsure whether Mamadou Sakho's loan spell from
Liverpool will be forced into a premature end
following an injury.
Having been left out of Jurgen Klopp's first team
plans at Anfield this season, Sakho was granted a
temporary move to Palace in January and he has
quickly established himself as a key performer.
However, the France international was injured in
Wednesday's 1-0 defeat to Tottenham, a challenge
with Harry Kane while the game was scoreless
seeing Sakho carried from the pitch on a stretcher.
And Allardyce is keen to discover the extent of the
issue, acknowledging that this blow could see the
defender return to Liverpool without playing again
for the Selhurst Park club.
"Our biggest problem is at centre half - Sakho with
another knee injury, but it is a good job we are
blessed with outstanding centre halves," Allardyce
told Sky Sports.
"He has hyperextended the knee. It is certainly
serious enough to keep him out for who knows how
long, we won't know until we diagnose it.
"But, if it is ligament, it may be the end [of his loan
spell], it may not."
Allardyce had previously admitted that it would be
difficult for Palace to negotiate a permanent
transfer for Sakho at the end of the season.
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