Rome (AFP) – The French international of Juventus Turin Khéphren Thuram underwent surgery on his right knee this Thursday, his club announced, and will not play again until 2027, according to the Italian press.
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"He underwent an intervention to treat patellar chondropathy in his right knee. The operation went perfectly and from Friday the player will begin his rehabilitation," Juve said in their statement, without specifying the duration of his absence.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport and the Sky Sport Italia television channel, the youngest of the Thuram brothers will not play again this year and will be out for at least four months.
Affected since the end of last season by this painful pathology of degeneration of the patella cartilage, Thuram, 25, had not made his debut for Juventus this season, neither in the preparation matches nor in the first two rounds of Serie A.
He does not appear on the list, published by Juve on Wednesday, of players likely to participate in the Europa League.
Thuram (4 caps for the French national team) played 35 league games (3 goals) last season, his second in Italy.
Juventus, sixth in Serie A last season, also cannot count on its Turkish striker Kenan Yildiz.
Injured in his left foot (fracture of the fifth metatarsal) at the start of the season, Yildiz will be out for two to three months.
The most successful club in Italian football has won its first two games of the season (4th, 6 points) and faces AC Milan (3rd) on Sunday on matchday three.
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