River Plate midfielder Bruno Zuculini suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee today and will undergo surgery in the coming days, according to the institution’s medical report.
Zuculini will undergo surgery over the weekend and then will begin a rehabilitation that will take less than six months.
The former Racing Club and Manchester City, from England, was injured during soccer practice at the River Camp in Ezeiza. The first diagnosis was a knee sprain, but subsequent studies confirmed anterior cruciate ligament rupture.
Zuculini’s injury forces River to look for a new reinforcement in that position, since Núñez’s club completed the return of central midfielder Matías Kranevitter, one of the first incorporations, but the man from Tucumán suffered a fractured fibula and broken knees. ligaments of the right ankle in the friendly against Unión La Calera, from Chile.