Dinenno out after surgery, may have played last game for São Paulo | OneFootball

The injury curse continues to haunt São Paulo. This Wednesday (22), the club announced that forward Dinenno had to undergo a minor surgical procedure, which could bring his time at Tricolor to an end.

Due to pain in his right knee that kept him out of the last two matches, against Grêmio and Mirassol, the Argentinian underwent an arthroscopy to clean the meniscus. The procedure was performed by Dr. Moisés Cohen’s team at Einstein Israelite Hospital.

According to São Paulo, the center-forward signed for the second half of the season will begin his recovery process at REFFIS Plus in the coming days. Thus, Dinenno is not expected to return for the team’s remaining matches, which only go until December 7.

The worsening of the injury and the need for surgery could bring an end to Juan Dinenno’s lackluster stint at Tricolor. Signed from Cruzeiro in the middle of the year due to the club’s terrible run of bad luck at the position—having lost Calleri, Ryan Francisco, and André Silva all at once—the center-forward played only eight matches, scored one goal, and delivered weak performances.

His contract with São Paulo only runs until the end of December this year, with automatic renewal only if certain targets are met. These targets have not been disclosed, but they are far from being achieved for that clause to take effect. Since he failed to impress and was more of an emergency signing for the club, he is not expected to remain at Morumbi.

TODAY’S TRAINING SESSION

At CT da Barra Funda, the São Paulo squad continued preparations for the match against Bahia, which will be played next Saturday (25), at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Morumbi, for the Brazilian Championship, and trained this Wednesday (22).

The players started the day with muscle strengthening exercises indoors before heading to the pitch, where they went through a warm-up with the fitness staff.

Next, divided into two groups, the players did a possession drill and an attack versus defense exercise—both in a reduced space.

Finally, a scrimmage between two teams wrapped up the morning training session as the squad kept their focus on the clash with Bahia. Before the match, valid for the 30th round of the Brasileirão, Tricolor will have two more days of preparation at the training center.

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