Middlesbrough Football Club's Justin Hoyte is out for around a month.

The former Arsenal defender has been struggling with a knee injury for a couple of weeks, and Gareth Southgate has confirmed the player is set for a spell on the sidelines.

"Hoyte had a cartilage op on Friday so he's out for four weeks," Southgate told the Evening Gazette.

"He's had the problem for a couple of weeks. We thought we might be able ride it out but he took another bang on it at Hull and we were forced later in the week to operate."