CSKA Moscow midfielder Alan Dzagoev will be sidelined for at least six weeks with a toe fracture, leaving Russia ‘s national team sweating with UEFA EURO 2012 just over two months away. On Thursday the 21-year-old playmaker attended a German hospital to undergo surgery on his toe, which he broke during a Russian Premier League match against Lokomotiv Moscow last weekend. CSKA medical staff said Dzagoev, a Russian international, will need no less than four weeks for recovery. Dzagoev’s injury is a serious blow for the Red Army side’s manager, Leonid Slutsky, who has already lost Japanese playmaker Keisuke Honda to a hip injury. The injury also adds to the woes of Russia coach Dick Advocaat as two Spartak Moscow midfielders – Diniyar Bilyaletdinov and Sergei Parshivlyuk – who are candidates for a place in the Russian squad were also sidelined with injury last week.

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Dzagoev out for six weeks