Santos defender Gustavo Henrique undergoes knee surgery, and should only return in May 2017

  Santos defender Gustavo Henrique should only return to the field next year. Ruled out for the remainder of this season, defender Gustavo Henrique underwent knee ligament reconstruction surgery on the morning of Thursday, at the Hospital do Coração [HCor] in São Paulo. The procedure was performed by Dr. Rene Abdala, who’s well known for […]
by
sambafoot_admin
2016-10-08 10:11:00

 

Santos defender Gustavo Henrique should only return to the field next year.
Ruled out for the remainder of this season, defender Gustavo Henrique underwent knee ligament reconstruction surgery on the morning of Thursday, at the Hospital do Coração [HCor] in São Paulo. The procedure was performed by Dr. Rene Abdala, who"s well known for such operations in players, and supervised by club doctor, Maurício Zenaide. The player suffered the injury during Santos" 1-0 defeat to Sport Recife two weeks ago, at Ilha do Retiro. The number 6 of Santos should be discharged from hospital on Friday. Once released, he goes straight to the the training centre of the clun, where he will start physiotherapy.
In early 2014, Gustavo Henrique had suffered the same injury and was sidelined for eight months. Following the forecasts of doctors, Gustavo should return to play only in May 2017. The defender was targeted by European clubs in the last transfer window, and came to be scouted by representatives of Bayern Munich.

Santos defender Gustavo Henrique should only return to the field next year.

Ruled out for the remainder of this season, defender Gustavo Henrique underwent knee ligament reconstruction surgery on the morning of Thursday, at the Hospital do Coração [HCor] in São Paulo. The procedure was performed by Dr. Rene Abdala, who"s well known for such operations in players, and supervised by club doctor, Maurício Zenaide. The player suffered the injury during Santos" 1-0 defeat to Sport Recife two weeks ago, at Ilha do Retiro. The number 6 of Santos should be discharged from hospital on Friday. Once released, he goes straight to the the training centre of the clun, where he will start physiotherapy.

In early 2014, Gustavo Henrique had suffered the same injury and was sidelined for eight months. Following the forecasts of doctors, Gustavo should return to play only in May 2017. The defender was targeted by European clubs in the last transfer window, and came to be scouted by representatives of Bayern Munich.