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Valenciennes' Le Tallec out for six weeks

The 29-year-old came off in the 83rd minute of his side's 1-0 defeat to Lille on Saturday and is now likely to miss a particularly tough run of fixtures for his club after undergoing an MRI scan.

Currently 18th and two points off the bottom of Ligue 1, Valenciennes face top-half sides Nantes, Guingamp, Bordeaux and Monaco before the turn of the year, and come up against Bastia and Marseille, who are also in the top 10, in early January.

"The way he moved, I doubt," he said.