Keith Downie 🤖Couple of things worth noting on Sven Botman ACL injury:
Understand the club were happy for him to have surgery back in Oct/Nov, but Botman himself decided to rest instead as he wanted to get back and help the team ASAP.
He, and the club, had taken advice from multiple specialists and there wasn’t a definitive answer as to what the best course of action was.
Also, a number of other players have re-ruptured ACLs having had surgery in between, so surgery isn’t always a 100% fix.
Despite all that, the decision has been a bad one as Newcastle now probably need two CBs this summer.
#NUFC #Botman
Understand the club were happy for him to have surgery back in Oct/Nov, but Botman himself decided to rest instead as he wanted to get back and help the team ASAP.
He, and the club, had taken advice from multiple specialists and there wasn’t a definitive answer as to what the best course of action was.
Also, a number of other players have re-ruptured ACLs having had surgery in between, so surgery isn’t always a 100% fix.
Despite all that, the decision has been a bad one as Newcastle now probably need two CBs this summer.
#NUFC #Botman