Tuesday, August 24, 2021
The very long way back
Horror message for top talent Sankoh
They had already feared that VfB Stuttgart would have to do without Mohamed Sankoh for a long time at the Swabian Bundesliga club. The fact that the 17-year-old may not be able to stand on the pitch for a year is a shock for the club and players.
The next personal shock for VfB Stuttgart: The Bundesliga club will have to do without his storm talent Mohamed Sankoh for almost a year. As the Swabians explained, the 17-year-old Dutchman will be absent for about “nine to twelve months” after “damage to the capsular ligament apparatus in the left knee joint”. Last week, Sankoh was operated on successfully in Hamburg, another operation may still be carried out. Sankoh is next to striker Sasa Kalajdzic, who will probably be absent until the end of the year after a shoulder dislocation, the second painful failure in the Stuttgart offensive.
“The attending doctors have confirmed to us that the operation went well and that all structures could be restored as requested,” said VfB sports director Sven Mislintat: “This is an important first step for Mo and at the same time the beginning of a long journey back to the football field . ” Before the second game of the season, the VfB players had come up with a nice promotion for Sankoh. Before the game at RB Leipzig last Friday, the team had warmed up in special white jerseys with Sankoh’s shirt number 44 and his name.
Sankoh crashed into the 5: 1 season opener against newly promoted SpVgg Greuther Fürth just seconds after his substitution at a top chance with Fürth’s goalkeeper Sascha Burchert, twisted his knee and had to be taken off the field with a stretcher. “Mo did a great preparation and was on a very good path overall. Now he has a difficult time ahead of him, in which we will support him in any form,” Mislintat said after the injury.
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