Niklas Schmidt: “He feels a little more pain every day…” we hear from the TFC player, seriously injured in his knee

The terrible news was communicated on Saturday January 11. TFC midfielder Niklas Schmidt was seriously injured in training and the verdict was not hidden by the club. The German is suffering from a cruciate knee ligament injury and will not wear the purple jersey again until the end of the season. His coach Carles Martinez Novell gave news of his player this Tuesday, January 14.

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“For the moment, he is in Toulouse. We see him every day since he was injured, he sees the TFC medical team daily. He could leave for Germany during the week,” explained the coach. If he has not yet had surgery, “it will certainly be next week”, Martinez Novell nevertheless confided that Schmidt was in a lot of pain. “He feels the pain a little more every day but that’s normal with this kind of injury, it’s part of the process.”

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The medical staff is waiting for the best moment, in consultation with the feelings of the 26-year-old midfielder, to go through the operation box, before starting a long period of convalescence. But coach Violet wanted to make it clear that he would not take any risks to force the return of his player, nor even to announce any resumption date.

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“We know that when you have this kind of injury, it is impossible to say precisely how many months the player will be absent. We take it step by step and he will only return when he is fully recovered,” said the coach. Toulouse.