Perrin out for season

ByReuters

Published 07/04/2009 at 15:00 GMT+1

St Etienne defender Loic Perrin has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a thigh injury.

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Ligue 1 strugglers St Etienne will also have to cope without midfielder Dimitri Payet "for several weeks", the club said on their website.

Payet has been suffering from a knee injury.

Les Verts are third from bottom with eight matches remaining.

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