Tag: ACL

6 August 2026 Off

Ali Ahmed: Norwich City confirm winger suffers ACL injury

Norwich City have confirmed that winger Ali Ahmed has ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee.

The 25-year-old landed awkwardly during the second half of Norwich’s 2-1 pre-season defeat by Osasuna at Carrow Road last Saturday and needed medical staff to help him off the field of play.

After head coach Philippe Clement said the injury “did not look good” following full-time, the Canaries have now confirmed

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28 February 2025 Off

Rodri: Manchester City midfielder back in individual training after ACL injury

By Total Football News

Simon Stone, chief football news reporter

The images of Rodri out on the first-team training pitches, running, turning and kicking the ball, will gladden the heart of every Manchester City fan.

Even the sun came out.

Manager Pep Guardiola has played down talk of an imminent return to action and evidently, there is a long way to go before Rodri actually plays a proper game again.

However, with nearly three

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19 February 2025 Off

ACL injuries: Pep Guardiola’s trusted knee surgeon Dr Ramon Cugat explains Premier League increase

By Total Football News

The rise in anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the Premier League this season is linked to players competing in more games, says Pep Guardiola’s trusted knee surgeon Dr Ramon Cugat.

This month, Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez became the 10th top-flight player to injure his ACL this season.

That is the most there has been since 2016-17, when there were 12 in the whole season. There were nine during the

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4 February 2025 Off

Radu Dragusin: Tottenham Hotspur defender suffers ACL injury

By Total Football News

The Romania international joins Destiny Udogie, Guglielmo Vicario, James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner, Wilson Odobert, Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanke on the sidelines, while fellow defenders Micky van de Ven and Ben Davies have only recently returned to action.

Dragusin joined Tottenham from Genoa in a £25m deal in January 2024.

On Sunday, Tottenham signed Austria defender Kevin Danso on loan for the rest of the season, with a

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31 January 2025 Off

Ipswich winger Wes Burns to miss rest of season with torn ACL

By Total Football News

Ipswich winger Wes Burns is out for the rest of the season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament during last weekend’s defeat at Liverpool.

The 30-year-old Wales international will have surgery next week.

Burns has featured in 18 of Ipswich’s 23 Premier League games so far this season.

“He’s seeing the very best people,” said Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna.

“It’s not a very complicated tear, I believe. You can

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7 November 2024 Off

Hull City: Mohamed Belloumi to miss rest of season with ACL injury

By Total Football News

Hull City winger Mohamed Belloumi is set to miss the rest of the season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury he suffered in Tuesday’s defeat at Oxford United, BBC Radio Humberside understands.

The 22-year-old went off in the 78th minute of the 1-0 loss at the Kassam Stadium.

The Algerian is the second Tigers forward to suffer a season-ending ACL injury after Liam Millar was ruled out in October.

Belloumi

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27 September 2024 Off

Rodri: Manchester City midfielder ruled out for season after ACL surgery

By Total Football News

BBC Sport’s chief football news reporter Simon Stone

Guardiola has never made any secret of his belief Rodri is irreplaceable as a single midfield anchor in his Manchester City side.

Kalvin Phillips is the nearest thing to a sitting midfielder in the City squad but Guardiola has long since decided the former Leeds man is not good enough and he is currently on loan at Ipswich and unable to be

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