Sunderland's promotion rivals Barnsley suffer major striker blow

The striker - who Sunderland were linked with in January - suffered concussion against Gillingham last weekend, he was observed overnight in hospital as a precaution.

The striker has since been recovering from home and will now miss the next two games.

Barnsley assistant head coach Dale Tonge told the Yorkshire Post: "He will not be available this weekend. We have given him a bit of a time off due to the nature of the injury.

"We are following protocol and it is a case of following that two-week window and then we will assess it as we see fit after the two weeks.

"It is a head injury, so we follow the rules and guidelines behind that and the medical staff are dealing with that.

"He has quite a few days off. He will be in today and has been fine. It has been a case of monitoring him as we go."