Eintracht Frankfurt say United States defender Timothy Chandler will have surgery to repair his right-knee meniscus.

INJURY Timmy Chandler suffered a meniscus injury yesterday, will need to undergo surgery. Get well soon Timmy! #SGE pic.twitter.com/Tco6kt79Yo - Eintracht Frankfurt (@eintracht_eng) August 30, 2015

Chandler was injured in Saturday's 4-1 Bundesliga win in Stuttgart.

The date of surgery has not been set. Chandler is expected to be out for several weeks.