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SCOTLAND goalie Allan McGregor is expected to stay in hospital for some time after suffering a kidney injury mostly seen in car crash victims.

Hull City keeper Greegs had a sickening collision with West Ham’s Mohamed Diame as his club lost 2-1 on Wednesday.

McGregor, 32, was sent off but was immediately rushed to hospital with a suspected contusion to his kidney.

Fiancee Leah Shevlin was believed to be at his bedside last night. A City source said: “He is in a bad way. I think it is unlikely he will play again this season.

“The injury is extremely painful. We are not expecting him out of hospital any time soon.

“He has already been assessed by doctors but we can’t say anything more at this time.”

McGregor, capped 31 times for Scotland, was treated on the field and appeared to be in severe pain as he was led off.

City boss Steve Bruce said today: "I went to see Allan yesterday and the kid is still in a lot of pain.

"Overnight the observations have been better but it certainly looks like he is going to miss the rest of the season.

"Allan is as brave as they come but he has taken a horrible knock to his kidneys and badly damaged one of them.

"We expect Allan to stay in the high dependency unit for another three or four days, then three or four more days in a normal ward.

"The result pales into insignificance when someone like that is going through that kind of injury."

A contusion to the kidney – severe bruising – normally comes as a result of a lower back injury. It is mostly seen as a result of road crashes.

It causes severe pain and can cause nausea, vomiting, blood in the urine and muscle spasms in the back.

In simple cases, the patient is monitored for a few days. The kidney usually heals on its own within a week or so.

In the aftermath of the incident, Leah tweeted: “He’s getting taken to hospital, I’ll let you know how he is.”

Her followers expressed concern. And a message from Greegs’s former club Rangers said: “Hope @therealgreegsy1 is OK. Wish him speedy recovery from all at @Rangers.”