Midfielder Luan picks up muscle injury, São Paulo dealt a blow | OneFootball

São Paulo brought updates this Tuesday regarding the medical status of midfielder Luan. The club informed that, after undergoing an imaging exam, the player was diagnosed with a right thigh adductor muscle injury.

Luan had left the match against Santos at Vila Belmiro with pain in his right adductor. The number 33 received his second opportunity as a starter under coach Hernán Crespo but had to be substituted around the 11th minute of the second half.

According to São Paulo, Luan has already started treatment for the muscle injury at REFFIS Plus. However, the midfielder will definitely be unavailable for Crespo in the return match this Thursday against LDU-EQU, in the Libertadores quarter-finals.

“Midfielder Luan, who left the game at Vila Belmiro with pain in his right adductor, underwent an imaging exam that diagnosed an injury in the area and started treatment at REFFIS Plus,” the club explained in a statement.

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This year, Luan returned to São Paulo after the end of his loan to Vitória. However, the midfielder was not in the plans of then-coach Luis Zubeldía and began training separately. Only in late March did he return to training with the squad, but he wasn't being included in the match lineups.

With Crespo's arrival, the midfielder's situation changed, and he returned not only to the squad but also to the games. On July 24th, against Juventude, he was brought on by Crespo in the second half and returned to the field for the team after almost two years.

In the current season, Luan has played seven matches for São Paulo, two of them as a starter – all under Hernán Crespo. He has not yet contributed with goals or assists.

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