It had all began so effectively for Renato Veiga in Turin.
The defender had pushed exhausting for a transfer away from Chelsea in January as he needed to play extra recurrently at centre again. At Juventus he was not solely taking part in the place he needed, he was additionally taking part in within the first staff and getting rave evaluations for it.
“Robust to beat bodily and composed on the ball” was the , and he actually seemed to be serving to the Outdated Woman discover their toes within the Serie A title race.
His sturdy begin to life in Italy has already meant a number of hypothesis about his future – some sources stated that Chelsea had been for a everlasting transfer. Which will now all go up in smoke, nevertheless.
Damage might have value defender all his good work
However final night time issues all of the sudden 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 appeared 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 vogue.
There may be nonetheless no definitive phrase in regards to the severity of Veiga’s harm, which at first appeared prefer it may very well be an ACL tear as he lay stricken. Nevertheless he was in a position to stroll off the pitch, so we are able to simply pray it’s much less extreme than it appeared.
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As you possibly can see within the Tweet embedded above, some sources are hopeful it’s “much less severe than anticipated” and will simply be a calf pressure. We should always get extra data later at the moment.