Weston McKennie is set for some time on the sidelines after suffering a knee injury.
After coming off the bench in the 63rd minute of Sunday’s match, McKennie lasted just 20 minutes before hurting his right knee. The issue came when the U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder collided with Hannover’s Felix Klaus.
Following an examination, McKennie is set to miss six weeks with a partial rupture in his MCL.
🤕 @WMckennie suffered a partial rupture to the medial collateral ligament in his right knee during #S04H96. He will be out for around 6 weeks. Get well soon, Weston! #s04 pic.twitter.com/3uU4Is21t2
— FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) January 22, 2018
With Leon Goretzka set to join Bayern Munich, the midfield picture looks set to open up for McKennie when he does return. Meanwhile, the club also recently experimented with the 19-year-old midfielder as a centerback during the winter break.
Schalke returns to action on Saturday against Stuttgart.
NOOOOOOOOOO … get well soon!
Out 6 weeks
Those tiger boots are dope
He was playing midfield.
Who needs Jonathan Gonzales, a best 11 LigaMX player, since we already have Mckennie, Tyler Adams… Keaton Parks, Zelalmen….
That was why I opened the article to find out if he was playing mid or CB.
It doesn’t say.
That would require someone to do some light research, rather than just reporting what is posted on twitter…
He replaced Goretzka.
In the time it took you to complain about the fact that the article about an injury didn’t include his position you could have found that out yourself.