Crystal Palace forward Kwesi Appiah is to be out of action for the rest of the year due to injury.

Appiah suffered a double injury on his knee while on international duty with the Ghana national team a couple of weeks ago.

The 24-year-old has been ruled out for the next six months after undergoing a successful surgery which corrected damages to the anterior cruciate and collateral ligaments on his left knee.

Kwesi Appiah will thus miss the chance to impress Palace manager Alan Pardew during pre-season as well Ghana’s remaining games in the 2017 Afcon qualifiers this year.