Miron Muslic has admitted Plymouth Argyle are facing 'an urgent situation' when it comes to adding more defensive options to their squad after Brendan Galloway was ruled out for the season by injury.

It leaves the Pilgrims, bottom of the Championship and without a win in 13 games, with Victor Palsson and Julio Pleguezuelo as their only two fit and available centre-backs ahead of their match against third-placed Burnley at Home Park tomorrow (8pm).

Lewis Gibson was transferred to Preston North End for a fee of around £1.5 million at the start of January while Kornel Szucs is also on the casualty list and will not be ready to return to action until the game against West Bromwich Albion at Home Park on Saturday, February 1 at the earliest.

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Galloway has had a succession of injuries since first signing for Argyle in the summer of 2021 and was out of action for a couple of months earlier this term due to ankle ligament damage which he sustained while playing for Zimbabwe in October.

Now the 28-year-old is going to be on the sidelines again and Muslic said: "I think that's an urgent situation because right now we only have Julio and Victor available and they have to play every single game. If something happened to them we are struggling, but we are working on this."

Muslic watched Galloway be part of Argyle's defensive effort when they caused a Emirates FA Cup upset by winning 1-0 away to Premier League club Brentford on January 11. Then, in the Austrian's first game as head coach, Galloway was injured in the closing stages of the 1-1 draw against Oxford United, and a MRI at the weekend confirmed the severity of the problem.

"It's terrible news about Brendan, no doubt," said Muslic. "He will need surgery so he will be out until the end of the season. I think he was actually in a very good way, he played defensive very strong, and that's another player we are going to miss, not only his quality but his personality and mentality.

"Kornel will need another seven to 10 days until he can return so that keeps us right now with only two centre-backs selectable and available, and also Victor and Julio have played almost everything over the last few weeks, so it's a challenging situation but it's not an impossible situation. We will still have tomorrow a strong line-up and a competitive team."

When asked what injury Galloway had suffered, Muslic said: "I don't know what I can confirm but he will need a surgery so he will be out for the rest of the season.

"All the feedback I get from Nance (first team coach Kevin Nancekivell) and from Joe (Edwards) is he's just a good guy, and the right personality and the right character. He's exactly the kind of player and human being we need in this moment to face this challenge and he will be out."

Galloway, who has made a total of 65 starts and 19 substitute appearances for Argyle, is under contract to the club until the end of the 2025/26 season.

Argyle's squad is crying out for some new signings, with Michael Baidoo and Tymoteusz Puchacz the only arrivals so far this month, while Gibson, Andre Gray, Adam Forshaw and Marko Marosi have all moved on. "We are working and sometimes things take a little bit of time and we have to be patient, and we are," said Muslic.

Asked whether the Pilgrims' position at the bottom of the table was putting off potential recruits, Muslic added: "Yeah, maybe, because they want to sign first of all in the Championship and also stay.

"The situation (league position) is urgent, and the situation will stay urgent over the next couple of weeks and months. If the player decides for Argyle then we know he's ready to pick up his fight, pick up this challenge and he's ready to give it his all so we can stay up, so I see this as an advantage."

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