Mauro Icardi suffers an ACL tear in Europa League victory against Tottenham Hotspur at Istanbul last night.
Mauro Icardi could miss the rest of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament.
Five minutes before the end of his team’s 3-2 triumph in Istanbul on Thursday, the Argentina striker was carried off.
When Icardi, 31, tried to block a pass from Tottenham custodian Fraser Forster, he collapsed in agony.
The former Paris St-Germain attacker will now go through “pre-operative rehabilitation” before to having surgery on his right knee, according to the Turkish club.
Six to nine months are needed to recover from anterior cruciate ligament injuries.
In 2022, Icardi left Paris St-Germain for Turkey on a season-long loan, and a year later, he made the permanent switch.
He has made 86 appearances for the Istanbul club, scoring 61 goals.