Sean Morrison's Cardiff City career may be over and new signing out for up to six weeks amid bombshell news

Cardiff City captain Sean Morrison's season is over and Alfie Doughty could be out for six weeks after the injuries they sustained at Barnsley, WalesOnline has been told.

Bluebirds skipper Morrison was helped off the pitch just minutes into the game on Wednesday, while Doughty was the victim of an utter horror challenge from Tykes skipper Mads Andersen in the second half.

Cardiff manager Steve Morison said he was not hopeful about the outcome of the scans and his worst fears have been realised.

It can be revealed that Morrison has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which typically has a return-to-play prognosis of around nine months.

It brings back horrible memories of Joe Bennett almost a year ago, when his Cardiff career was ended by an ACL injury he sustained against Derby County.

Given Morrison's contract is up at the end of the season, unless he signs a new deal he could have played his final game in a Bluebirds shirt.

For Doughty, who has been at the club less than a week following his deadline-day loan move from Stoke City, the verdict is better, which is a minor miracle given the photo of the challenge which emerged after the match

The left wing-back had looked bright in his two outings against Nottingham Forest and Barnsley, before Andersen's reckless challenge has sidelined him for what we are told is between four and six weeks.

"That was an awful tackle (on Doughty) and now we could have lost two very important players, so that's really, really frustrating," Morison said after the Barnsley match.

"That's why there was so much passion at the end, because that was a really naughty tackle."

Doughty was signed as wing-back cover after Cardiff were left in the dark over whether Ryan Giles would be