Wolves' Jonny to have surgery for knee ligament injury

ByReuters

Published 09/08/2020 at 10:11 GMT

Aug 9 (Reuters) - Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Jonny will miss the rest of their Europa League campaign after damaging his right anterior cruciate ligament, the Premier League club have confirmed.

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The Spanish wing back sustained the injury in the first half of their 1-0 Europa League win over Olympiakos on Thursday and will require surgery, the club said in a statement https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/first-team/20200808-injury-update-jonny.

"... A scan confirmed the first clinical impression of an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament which will require surgical repair," Wolves doctor Matt Perry said.

"This has been arranged and the whole team wish Jonny well on his path to recovery."

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The new Premier League season begins on Sept. 12. (Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru Editing by Christian Radnedge)

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