Bad news for the Blues

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By: Manu Tournoux

Beaten by Manchester United on Sunday in the Premier League, Aston Villa recorded additional terrible news: the serious injury of Boubacar Kamara.

It’s a big blow for the Villans and the French team: the presumed end of the season, and already announced in England, of Boubacar Kamara. The international midfielder injured his knee this weekend in the league, against Manchester United. And the verdict is final since the person concerned was injured in the anterior cruciate ligament.

Aston Villa midfielder Boubacar Kamara is out for the rest of the seasonnotes The Athletic this Monday. Additional examinations are planned, but the French international now risks missing the European Championship this summer, with five to six months of unavailability. Surgery is expected shortly given the nature of the injury. »

Four months before the Euro

Barely arriving in Birmingham from Marseille in the summer of 2022, Boubacar Kamara had already suffered a ligament injury in his knee in September. An injury that did not require surgery at the time. This season, Tyrone Mings and Emiliano Buendia have also suffered knee injuries among the Villans.

A real blow for the team coached by Unai Emery, but also for the selection of Didier Deschamps, who loses an alternative option in midfield four months before Euro 2024. If he only has five capes with the Blues, Boubacar Kamara is now one of the essential midfielders of the French collective.

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