🚨 Serious injury confirmed for a Ligue 1 star | OneFootball

A heavy blow six months before the start of the World Cup.

Injured this Sunday on the pitch at AJ Auxerre, during the Coupe de France, and taken off in tears on a stretcher, Takumi Minamino has suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, AS Monaco announced this Monday afternoon.

The Japanese attacking midfielder is thus expected to be sidelined for several months.

His season may even already be over!

Terrible news for one of the stars of the league and one of the key assets of the Japanese national team, just six months before the World Cup.

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📸 VALERY HACHE - AFP or licensors