Schalke midfielder Gustavo Varela will be out of action for three weeks with a thigh injury.
Schalke midfielder Gustavo Varela will be out of action for three weeks with a thigh injury.The Uruguayan international star picked up the injury in his country's midweek friendly in Georgia and will now be sidelined until December.
Varela, who has been in sparkling form for the Royal Blues in recent weeks, joins playmaker Lincoln and Germany international Gerald Asamoah as certainties to miss this weekend's match in Cottbus.
Meanwhile, club captain Marcelo Bordon has returned to training following a hip injury and might well be included in coach Mirko Slomka's squad as Schalke attempt to keep pace with Stuttgart and Werder Bremen at the top of the Bundesliga table.
