Galatasaray's Noa Lang to undergo surgery after freak thumb injury at Liverpool

Reuters

Published 3 months ago

Galatasaray midfielder Noa ⁠Lang will undergo surgery on his right ‌thumb after he sustained ‌a serious injury ‌following a collision with ‌the advertising hoardings in ‌Wednesday's 4-0 Champions League defeat by ‌Liverpool, the Turkish club ⁠said.

[p]The ‌26-year-old clutched his hand in pain as blood flowed from the injury. He was taken off on ⁠a stretcher before being transported to hospital.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/galatasaray/riaqqurF/"]Galatasaray[/a] also confirmed that striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osimhen-victor/23YHG47R/"]Victor ‌Osimhen[/a] suffered a fracture to his right forearm in the first half. The club said on Thursday a decision on whether he will require ‌surgery would be made in the coming ‌days.[/b][/p][embed guid="de9133e7-d1ed-49f2-ad9a-9ba49e174aca" url="https://x.com/Galatasaray/status/2034390664863998166" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/galatasaray-riaqqurF/liverpool-lId4TMwf/?mid=WnhigfXF"]4-1 aggregate win[/a].[/p]

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