Wolfsburg’s Ricardo Costa Out For Six Months

goldenHuddlestone · 08-06-2007, 08:31 PM

VfL Wolfsburg’s new €4 million defender Ricardo Costa looks set to be out for six months after tearing his cruciate knee ligament.

The 4-0 victory over FV Würzburg in the first round of the German Cup at the weekend has been soured by the news that Portuguese defender Ricardo Costa has suffered a cruciate ligament injury.

Wolfsburg’s new defensive lynch-pin will in all likelihood miss the entire first half of the season.

“He will not play again this year” explained VfL trainer Felix Magath. “That is hard, particularly for him. We will have to see how it goes” he added.

“We will need to consider whether we can cover his absence internally.”

Candidates to replace him are Alexander Madlung, Uwe Möhrle or Argentine defender Facundo Quiroga. With the transfer window closing on August 31, time is short for Magath to look elsewhere for a replacement.

Costa was injured shortly before half-time in the cup clash following a collision with a Würzburg opponent.

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goldenHuddlestone Admin Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,656 vCash: 480	Wolfsburg’s Ricardo Costa Out For Six Months VfL Wolfsburg’s new €4 million defender Ricardo Costa looks set to be out for six months after tearing his cruciate knee ligament. The 4-0 victory over FV Würzburg in the first round of the German Cup at the weekend has been soured by the news that Portuguese defender Ricardo Costa has suffered a cruciate ligament injury. Wolfsburg’s new defensive lynch-pin will in all likelihood miss the entire first half of the season. “He will not play again this year” explained VfL trainer Felix Magath. “That is hard, particularly for him. We will have to see how it goes” he added. “We will need to consider whether we can cover his absence internally.” Candidates to replace him are Alexander Madlung, Uwe Möhrle or Argentine defender Facundo Quiroga. With the transfer window closing on August 31, time is short for Magath to look elsewhere for a replacement. Costa was injured shortly before half-time in the cup clash following a collision with a Würzburg opponent.

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