Injured on Saturday against Lyon, Montpellier central defender Nikola Maksimovic is forced to end his season due to an injury to the ischio of the right thigh.
Montpellier's Serbian central defender Nikola Maksimovic is forced to end his season due to an injury to the ischio of his right thigh, contracted on Saturday in Lyon, we learned on Tuesday from the Hérault club. Maksimovic was injured following a tackle on Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette, before being evacuated on a stretcher. The former Serbian international (25 caps), who played eight years in Italy, is studying a possible surgical intervention with the Montpellier medical staff. The former Torino, Naples or Genoa player (33 years old), free of any contract, joined Montpellier at the end of October and signed up until the end of the season.
After the slap at Mosson in front of Toulouse (3-0), the new coach Jean-Louis Gasset wanted to strengthen a defense at bay and deprived of several major elements such as the Malian international Boubakar +Kiki+ Kouyaté and Christopher Jullien, injured. Michel Der Zakarian's successor now only has two professional central defenders on hand, Becir Omeragic and Modibo Sagnan. He is impatiently awaiting the return of Kouyaté, who underwent an arthroscopy of his right knee in early October. The Malian international athlete (27 years old) has partially resumed training since the winter break and hopes to return to competition before the end of the month. Montpellier occupies last place in Ligue 1 with six points behind play-off Nantes.
