The operation is to be carried out next week and according to the newspaper it is only afterwards that the club can give definite information on how long the center-back will be gone.

Rasmus Bengtsson has for a long time been one of Allsvenskan's best center backs and a key player in Malmö FF.

After taking a cortisone syringe in his lap, he was not going to the Swedish premiere, but at first it looked like Bengtsson would be back soon.

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