Surgery for Barcelona player Dembele and determine the length of his absence from the stadiums
Barcelona announced on Monday that its French striker, Ousmane Dembele, who suffered a knee injury with his country against Hungary in the European Cup 2020, underwent successful surgery in Finland on his knee, which will keep him out of action for nearly four months.
"Osmane Dembele underwent a successful surgery in Turku (Finland) by doctor Lassi Lempainen, and under the supervision of the club's medical staff," the Catalan club said in a statement.
The initial examinations conducted for the French striker showed a "dislocation of the biceps tendon in his right knee."
French coach Didier Deschamps relied on the 27-year-old striker as a "joker card" in the attack since the beginning of the continental championship, to enter as a substitute in the two matches that beat Germany 1-0 in Munich and drew against Hungary 1-1 in Budapest, which witnessed a knee injury.
Dembélé played 44 games for Barcelona, and scored 11 goals in various competitions since returning from injury after suffering a rupture in his right thigh tendon in February 2020.
After moving to Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund for 135 million euros ($160 million) in August 2017, The second-highest fee paid by the Catalan club to the player, "Dumpoz" suffered a series of hamstring injuries.
Dembele, who was in the squad that won the World Cup in Russia in 2018, performed well until the current continental championship in Europe, as he scored in the qualifiers for the Qatar World Cup 2022 against Kazakhstan last March, and against Wales in a friendly match at the beginning of this June.
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