Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson has been ruled out for
at least six months with a ruptured anterior cruciate
ligament in his right knee.
The 23-year-old was injured after 17 minutes of
Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Stoke after being involved in a
challenge for the ball with Philipp Wollscheid.
Wilson left the field to receive treatment but returned to
action before crumpling in a heap and beckoning to the
sidelines for assistance.
Subsequent scans revealed the extent of the injury and
Wilson will undergo surgery next week before beginning his
rehabilitation, which will render him unavailable until at
least the end of March 2016.
It comes as a huge blow to Bournemouth, who already
have two players sidelined with long-term anterior
cruciate ligament injuries, sustained in the same game
against Leicester earlier this month.
Callum Wilson was stretchered off in Bournemouth's
Premier League game at Stoke on Saturday
Left-back Tyrone Mings - a club-record signing from
Ipswich in the summer - was ruled out for the entire
season on September 4 while forward Max Gradel, who
joined the Cherries from St Etienne for £7m, is out for
six months.
Wilson, who scored 23 goals in Bournemouth's promotion
season from the Championship, has scored five of their
nine Premier League goals this season and had been
tipped for an England call-up by manager Eddie Howe.
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Wilson out for six months
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