Blackburn Rovers striker Mark Derbyshire is undergoing a hernia operation.
Derbyshire made just one sub appearance in the final month of the season as he battled to prove his fitness.
Manager Mark Hughes said: "He has struggled since Christmas because of a problem with his hernia. He is in for an operation now and he has done well to keep going to be fair to him. We have kept patching him up and throwing him out there and he's done well."