It had all began so nicely for Renato Veiga in Turin.
The defender had pushed arduous for a transfer away from Chelsea in January as he wished to play extra often at centre again. At Juventus he was not solely taking part in the place he wished, he was additionally taking part in within the first staff and getting rave critiques for it.
“Powerful to beat bodily and composed on the ball” was the , and he actually appeared to be serving to the Previous Woman discover their toes within the Serie A title race.
His sturdy begin to life in Italy has already meant a whole lot of hypothesis about his future – some sources mentioned that Chelsea had been for a everlasting transfer. That will now all go up in smoke, nevertheless.
Harm could have value defender all his good work
However final night time issues out of the blue turned unhealthy for Veiga, after such a promising begin. Veiga went down injured within the twelfth minute of the Champions League playoff second leg as his staff regarded to defend a 2-1 win from the primary leg.
His absence disrupted the defence closely, and Juve ended up dropping 3-1, sufficient to knock them out in embarrassing style.
There may be nonetheless no definitive phrase concerning the severity of Veiga’s damage, which at first regarded prefer it could possibly be an ACL tear as he lay stricken. Nonetheless he was capable of stroll off the pitch, so we will simply pray it’s much less extreme than it regarded.
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As you possibly can see within the Tweet embedded above, some sources are hopeful it’s “much less critical than anticipated” and will simply be a calf pressure. We should always get extra info later in the present day.