Jonathan Klinsmann suffers serious injury: neck fracture, season over | OneFootball

Italian football experienced a moment of great concern with Jonathan Klinsmann’s injury. The Cesena goalkeeper suffered a fracture to the first cervical vertebra during the Serie B match against Palermo. The incident occurred in the final minutes of the game, after an accidental collision with Filippo Ranocchia, whose leg struck the goalkeeper in the head.

Klinsmann was left lying on the field and had to receive medical attention for several minutes before being taken off on a stretcher. He was then transferred to a hospital in Palermo, where tests confirmed an injury in an extremely delicate area, between the neck and the spinal column.

The player himself confirmed the seriousness of it through his social media:“I suffered a spinal fracture that will keep me off the pitch for a while”, he said.

The 29-year-old goalkeeper had started all 35 of the team’s Serie B matches, establishing himself as a key player under Ashley Cole. Those around him are already anticipating a difficult outlook: the recovery will take several months, which also rules him out of future call-ups to the United States national team.

Jonathan Klinsmann

The injury comes at a sensitive moment in his career. Klinsmann had been closely monitored by head coach Mauricio Pochettino, with a real chance of making the squad for the next World Cup.

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