Clarity after tests: how long Poulsen will be out for HSV! | OneFootball

Yussuf Poulsen has sustained another injury while with the Danish national team. It is now clear how long the striker will be sidelined.

After days of uncertainty, there is now clarity: Yussuf Poulsen will be unavailable to HSV for the time being. The 31-year-old, who was injured during training with the Danish national team over the international break, underwent a thorough examination in Hamburg over the weekend. The diagnosis confirms the fears: according to Bild, the striker has suffered a minor muscle fiber tear in his left hip area.

This means that Poulsen will definitely not be available for the Bundesliga match against FC Augsburg next Saturday. How much longer he will be out remains unclear. Although the injury is not extensive, the muscles in the sensitive hip and adductor area often react particularly sensitively.

The healing process will now determine whether Poulsen can return during the intense English week with three home games in eight days – against Stuttgart, Kiel, and Werder. However, this is by no means certain.

HSV: Another Setback for Poulsen

Especially bitter: it is once again the same muscle region that has repeatedly caused Poulsen problems since his summer move from Leipzig. HSV had recently increased his workload very carefully. Specially tailored training sessions, reduced playing minutes, and close medical supervision were intended to gradually provide the experienced player with stability. The plan initially seemed to be working. Just a week ago, Poulsen was back in the starting lineup for the first time since his transfer, in the 1-1 draw against Borussia Dortmund.

However, the subsequent call-up to the Danish national team proved to be too much. In the training camp in Helsingør, the veteran felt pain again and had to leave early. As a result, he missed the international matches against Belarus and Scotland entirely.

Since the weekend, Poulsen has been back in Hamburg and has begun his rehab there. HSV is hoping for a quick and complication-free recovery. Until then, however, the team will once again have to do without their captain.

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