• Hunt sustains injury in training seven days after joining • Right-back ruled out for the rest of the year

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Crystal Palace's recent signing Jack Hunt, yet to kick a ball for his new club, has been ruled out for the rest of the year after breaking an ankle in training.

Palace paid a reported £2m for Hunt on transfer deadline day, but the 22-year-old right-back faces up to four months on the sidelines after sustaining the injury only seven days after joining.

Hunt wrote on Twitter: "Absolutely devastated to have broken my ankle in training. Got to take the positives, clean break and no op needed."

Hunt, a product of the Huddersfield academy, added: "Massive thanks to everyone at CPFC. Chairman, manager, coaching staff, physios and the lads have been unreal."