Defender Napoli Fauzi Ghulam, most likely, tore cruciate ligaments of the knee.

Ghulam injured in Napoli-Man City match. The defender of the Neapolitans left the field, holding on to the knee. According to initial concerns, the Algerian rupture of anterior cruciate ligament ligament.

Today, Fauzi passed medical examination in Rome. Napoli has not yet announced the results. However, a number of Italian publications, including Sky Sport Italia, Calciomercato and Radio 24 argue that the fears were confirmed: the Algerian broke the "crosses".

In this case, Fauzi will miss 4-6 months and definitely will not play against Shakhtar in the 5th round of the Champions League. It is expected that tomorrow morning Gulam will be operated on.

Gulam's contract with Napoli expires at the end of the season, but recently information has appeared that Fawzi is ready to extend the agreement.

Napoli already has a player with a similar injury - striker Arkadiusz Milik will recover in January-February 2018.

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