HUDDERSFIELD Town manager Lee Grant has spoken of his empathy for Antony Evans after the midfielder's 'incredibly unfortunate' injury woes continued at Luton Town in midweek.

Evans, who featured for the first time this season in Saturday's match at Mansfield Town - in a 15-minute cameo from the bench - suffered a knee injury shortly after coming on in his second comeback game at Kenilworth Road on Tuesday night.

It represented a luckless development for the former Bristol Rovers player, who had been out with a knee problem suffered in pre-season and had worked so hard to get back into first-team contention.

Speaking to the media, Grant, whose side welcome AFC Wimbledon this weekend, said: "It's not good. It's a similar injury to what he experienced earlier in the season or pre-season. So, we're going to be without Anthony for a good while.

placeholder image — Huddersfield Town boss Lee Grant.

"He's in London, seeing the specialists as we speak. So, in terms of the time frame, obviously, I can't nail that down for you, but we know it's going to be months.

"So, it's a real tough one to take for Anthony, of course. For all of us, because we've watched him work really, really hard to get himself back in a position where he can come and help us.

"And we've had some really good conversations, Anthony and I, on specifically that. And he's been looking forward to being part of this team so much. So, yes, we're really feeling it for him as well.

"That's a tough one for us to take... It's incredibly unfortunate to be presented with that sort of action so early on into that, him being on the pitch in the game.

Huddersfield Town midfielder Antony Evans. Picture: Bruce Rollinson.

"He's worked really hard to strengthen that area and that injury specifically.

"And the injury is to a slightly different part of the ligament. And the old injury was showing healing and that he had healed and was ready. So the misfortune involved in that is incredible."

Evans' fresh setback means that Town are struggling for options in the middle of the park with Herbie Kane, Mickel Miller, Marcus McGuane all remaining sidelined, although David Kasumu is on the mend and 'coming back'.

Grant added: "We've got options. We've got players that can adapt. We've got Kas coming back and we'll be there or thereabouts."