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Here's some media reports on the replacement Heart are looking for:

 

From 6 days ago:

 

If Engelaar is out for the whole season they will look overseas for a quality midfield anchor, although finding one at this stage of the year – with just six weeks left before the A-League season starts – is a big ask.

 

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league/melbourne-heart-seeks-answer-on-orlando-engelaar-replacement-20130829-2ss93.html

 

From today's press conference:

 

 

Melbourne Heart seeking Engelaar replacement

 

Iain Strachan 04/09/2013

 

John Aloisi has confirmed Melbourne Heart are seeking to secure an injury replacement player for sidelined marquee Orlando Engelaar.

 

Dutchman Engelaar suffered a fractured leg in his first game of pre-season for Heart and although he will not undergo surgery, the former Netherlands international is not expected to return to action until 2014.

 

"He's not having an operation, he's letting it heal naturally. In three months' time he should be ready to start to run," Aloisi said on Wednesday.

 

"And then we'll see how quick it heals from there. We're still not sure on the exact time he'll be out for, if it ends up being four, five, six months. But we're confident he'll be back for the (remainder of the) season."

 

The search is now on for a player capable of acting as a temporary replacement for Engelaar, but Aloisi will be well aware that players of the calibre of the former PSV Eindhoven and Schalke man are few and far between.

 

"We're working through the solutions now," he said.

 

"He won't be out for the whole season, we're confident he'll back. We have to work through hopefully getting a player in - an injury replacement - and seeing what we can come up with.

 

"We're confident that we'll still put a strong squad together, even (with) the unfortunate injury to Orlando.

 

"You don't want to wish it upon anyone, let alone your marquee player. They're things that happen in football, you accept it, you move on and you come up with solutions and that's what we ended up doing.

 

"A day later we started speaking about what (we can) come up with now. And then we're working through that with (general manager) John Didulica and the club."

 

 

http://www.sportal.com.au/football/news/a-league/heart-seeking-engelaar-replacement-251280

 

 

 

Good to see the club is committed to bringing someone else in.

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