Vivianne Miedema has had a superb begin to her time at Manchester Metropolis after shifting to the membership on a free switch from Arsenal this previous summer season.
The ahead scored in her opening Girls’s Tremendous League sport in opposition to her former aspect in Arsenal.
She was additionally a vital component to the membership’s spectacular 2-0 group stage win over defending Girls’s Champions League champions Barcelona in October.
Vivianne Miedema: Is the ahead injured?
That Barca sport was the final time Miedema performed for Metropolis and the membership confirmed the rationale for her current absences in late October.
Metropolis say the Netherlands worldwide has had surgical procedure on her left knee however haven’t gone into the specifics of the harm.
The membership have additionally not given a timeline for the return of the all-time WSL main scorer.
Metropolis stated in an announcement: “The Dutch worldwide will now start a interval of rehabilitation on the Metropolis Soccer Academy, working intently with the Membership’s medical workforce.
“Our quantity six loved a profitable begin to life at Metropolis with two objectives and one help in her 5 appearances in all competitions as Gareth Taylor‘s aspect remained unbeaten main as much as the primary worldwide break.”
The newest harm replace follows a historical past of Miedema’s knee troubles.
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She ruptured her ACL in December 2022 which meant she was dominated out of the 2023 World Cup. The participant returned to the pitch in October 2023.
Miedema has spoken about what it’s prefer to return after an ACL which FourFourTwo believes must be an space which is urgently addressed to cease the seismic quantities of the harm occurring within the ladies’s sport.
She informed ESPN: “I believe the brand new regular is a bit completely different from the previous regular. That doesn’t imply that I’m on the sphere with ache every single day.
“I believe it was simply very painful firstly. It took a variety of getting used to and now you might have discovered a sure technique to cope with it.”
Manchester Metropolis play newly promoted Crystal Palace on Sunday.
