Celtic striker Fortune out for two monthsCeltic manager Tony Mowbray Tony Mowbray, (born November 22 1963), is a former professional football player and the manager of West Bromwich Albion. Playing career Mowbray played for Middlesbrough, Celtic, and finally Ipswich Town as a tough centre half. revealed Friday that French striker Marc-Antoine Fortune will be out for up to two months with medial ligament medial ligament n. 1. See deltoid ligament. 2. The bundle of fibers strengthening the medial part of the articular capsule of the temporomandibular joint. damage. Fortune has not played since suffering the knee injury in a Champions League play-off defeat by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium The Emirates Stadium is a football stadium located on Ashburton Grove in Holloway, north London, and the home of Arsenal Football Club since it opened in July 2006. The stadium has an all-seated capacity of 60,432,[1] two weeks ago and Mowbray confirmed on Friday that he faces eight weeks on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. . Mowbray said: "The prognosis at the moment is six to eight weeks and it's two weeks after the Arsenal game where he was injured in the first half. "He hasn't had an operation; it will settle down. "We were aware of it at the interval but he wanted to stay on and adrenaline gets players through. But after the game, the soreness comes. "He will go through a period of rehabilitation and will get back to full fitness." 
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