Out injured on Wednesday against Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain defender Lucas Hernandez “suffers from a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee” and is heading towards a package for the Euro in June, the Parisian club announced on Thursday.
Paris Saint-Germain defender Lucas Hernandez, injured on Wednesday against Dortmund, “suffers from a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee” and is heading towards a package for the Euro in June, the Parisian club announced on Thursday . The French international, who underwent an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) on Thursday, “will undergo surgery in the coming days”, according to PSG.
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Already the victim of a ruptured cruciate ligament in his right knee at the 2022 World Cup
Hit in the left knee during Niclas Füllkrug’s opening score for Dortmund (1-0, 36th) on Wednesday in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League, the 2018 world champion returned to the field for a few moments, before being replaced in the central hinge by the Brazilian Lucas Beraldo.
Victim of a ruptured cruciate ligament in his right knee at the end of 2022, the Parisian was affected this time in the left knee, a few weeks before Euro 2024 in Germany. This is bad news for Blues coach Didier Deschamps who will announce his list on May 16. The players will meet from the 29th in Clairefontaine.
Hernandez had already had to leave the France team at the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, victim of a ruptured cruciate ligament in his right knee during the first group stage match against Australia. “I have no news from Lucas Hernandez. It doesn’t look very positive. But we will wait for the doctors to analyze it,” Luis Enrique declared after the match in Dortmund on Canal+.