Six to eight weeks break!
Surgery at Goretzka after "anomalies in the left knee"
Created: 07/19/2022, 05:32
By: Christoph Klaucke
Leon Goretzka is apparently missing from FC Bayern for a long time due to knee surgery.
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Leon Goretzka misses the trip to the USA with FC Bayern due to injury.
The midfielder apparently had to undergo knee surgery.
Update from July 18, 6:13 p.m .:
FC Bayern has now confirmed Leon Goretzka’s knee surgery.
"The medical department at FC Bayern found an abnormality in the left knee of the German national player, which was removed arthroscopically this Monday," says the record champions' website: "The surgery went according to plan and was successful."
First report from July 18, 3:49 p.m .:
Munich – injury shock before the trip to the USA: FC Bayern flew to Washington without Leon Goretzka, as several media reports unanimously.
The FCB team was supposed to leave Munich Airport for the United States at 2 p.m. on Monday afternoon, but Goretzka was not on board.
Leon Goretzka |
Born: February 6, 1995 (age 27), Bochum |
Contract with FC Bayern until: 06/30/2026 |
Performance data: 139 games (28 goals) for Bayern |
FC Bayern: Goretzka misses a trip to the USA due to knee surgery
According to Kicker
, Leon Goretzka
missed training this morning due to knee problems.
According to Sky
, the midfielder
even had to undergo knee surgery and is now expected to be out for six to eight weeks.
The suffering of the German national player continues.
Goretzka had already missed large parts of the previous season due to injury.
The 27-year-old was struggling with knee problems in the patellar tendon, which is why he was doomed to watch between December 2021 and March 2022.
At the time, Goretzka and FC Bayern Munich opted for a conservative method and decided against an operation.
It was initially unclear whether the current injury was a setback or a new injury.
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For Goretzka, the long-term absence is particularly bitter after he fought back at the end of the previous season.
"It was a difficult situation and a stupid injury that I didn't know what it was and how and when it would go away," he said recently.
But he has “no aftermath”.
The midfielder started training after the international matches in the Nations League and his vacation on July 8th.
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The knee surgery comes as a surprise, after all, Goretzka completed a training session on Saturday at the team presentation in the Allianz Arena.
Goretzka faces new competition for his position this season in young midfield gem Ryan Gravenberch, who has signed from Ajax Amsterdam.
It can also not be ruled out that FC Bayern will now force a transfer from Leipzig's Konrad Laimer.
(ck)