The full-back has only featured once since his August move from Derby County

Kane Wilson has been dealt another blow on his road to recovery, having undergone a second surgery on his knee, ruling him out of a return to action this season.

The 25-year-old right-back was a summer window signing from Derby County, but featured for just 72 minutes on his MK Dons debut against Grimsby Town in August, and has not been seen since.

Suffering the injury against the Mariners, Wilson had been edging closer towards a return since the turn of the year, but still suffering pain in his knee, a second surgery was booked in and looks set to rule out his return until next season.

“We won’t see Kane Wilson this season, I don’t think,” head coach Paul Warne confirmed. “He’s had a setback, another operation on his knee so we’ll build him up for next season now. There’s no point rushing him back before the end.

“It’s disappointing for him because I know how hard he’s had to work to get back but he was in too much pain. He won’t come back this season, which is a huge blow.”

Writing off the season for the full-back, unable to make an impression for his new club now until potentially a year after he joined, Warne said Wilson had a few days to come to terms with his latest set-back before returning to Stadium MK to continue his rehabilitation.

Warne continued: “I think, pence per minute, he’s the most expensive signing of my life. I feel like I’ve signed Ibrahimovic! He’s an amazing kid, and when you see him play, and get to see him play he will be an amazing ambition.

“He’s a clever kid, he’s doing a psychology masters at the moment, so he gets the whole power of the brain element. He’s in a good place, but he had a couple of days sulking about it, which you need.”