This summer, Thomas Lemar has long been announced as leaving Atlético Madrid where Diego Simeone does not consider him an irremovable starter. However, the former SM Caen and AS Monaco chose to stay in the Iberian capital. Starting this Saturday with the Colchoneros against Valencia, the 2018 world champion had to give up his place in the 43rd minute due to injury.
And while his club feared the worst, the verdict came this Sunday: the 27-year-old suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon. A terrible blow for the latter and Atlético who communicated about his absence: “After the examinations carried out on the French player, the report proposed by the club’s medical services indicates that he suffers from a rupture of the right Achilles tendon and that he will have to undergo surgery. Good luck Thom, we wish you a speedy recovery!» He would therefore have to be absent for many months…
