Boro winger Doak out injured for 'a number of weeks'
Ben Doak has started 21 Championship games for Middlesbrough this season
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Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick has confirmed winger Ben Doak will be out for a number of weeks because of a thigh injury.
The on-loan Liverpool player missed Monday night's 3-2 home defeat by Sunderland in the Championship.
"He felt his thigh in training, and we'll have to see. It's probably a number of weeks, if anything, not days, but I don't think it'll be too long," Carrick told BBC Radio Tees.
Middlesbrough signed Doak on a season-long loan in August, and despite speculation he could be recalled in the January transfer window, he will remain at the Riverside for the remainder of the campaign.
Boro completed the signings of Aston Villa winger Samuel Iling-Junior and former Manchester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho on deadline day, ahead of the loss to Sunderland.