Lee out for 6 weeks?

The City striker is said to need a hernia operation and now that Peter Thorne is fit again lee will be withdrawn to undergo surgery.

The Echo says that the club will announce the news in due course.

Lee, it's said, has been playing with the aid of painkillers while Thorne has been out injured.

Peter Thorne is likely to start in place of Lee against Gillingham on Saturday.