Malick Fofana back to competition on March 19 after an ankle sprain in October, is operated on again, says OL on Monday.
Malick Fofana back to surgery. This Monday, OL stated that the Belgian international “underwent benign surgery” on his right ankle “to remove the surgical material put in place during his operation last October.” On October 26, the winger suffered a serious sprain against Strasbourg. An injury that kept him off the field for over four months.
The Belgian winger had felt pain in the same injured ankle in November. At that time, the significant sprain diagnosed had been treated with surgery, when normally this type of condition is treated with rest. Medical advancements now require an operation to repair the interosseous ligaments called syndesmosis. This surgical procedure was performed on Malick Fofana in October but required another surgery today.
Context: Malick Fofana, a player for OL, underwent surgery for his ankle injury.
Fact Check: Malick Fofana had surgery to remove the surgical material from his previous operation in October.
Forfeit against Angers, at least
After this new operation, the Rhone club does not specify the length of Fofana’s unavailability, who has just rejoined the team. But the Belgian is at least ruled out for Angers this Sunday (3 p.m.). In its final stretch, OL hoped to regain its attacker, along with other players who have been absent for several weeks like Afonso Moreira, Pavel Sulc, or Ruben Kluivert. The 20-year-old player, with 55 Ligue 1 matches in his young career, had resumed collective training in early March before being included in the list of players selected for the 8th round return of the Europa League against Celta de Vigo. Substituted for eight minutes against the Spaniards, he played five minutes against Monaco in Ligue 1, in OL’s last match before the international break.
After a series of 13 consecutive wins, the Lyonnais have not won in eight games in all competitions. Knocked out of the Coupe de France and the Europa League, Paulo Fonseca’s players have slipped to 4th place in Ligue 1 and seek a victory since February 15 (2-0 against Nice). A rebound is expected on Angers’ field this Sunday (3 p.m.) to try to break this negative spiral.
