Aston Villa’s Boubacar Kamara Could Miss Rest Of Season With Injury, Damaging His Euro 2024 Hopes – News18

BIRMINGHAM, England: Aston Villa’s ambitions of qualifying for the Champions League took successful Monday when the membership stated Boubacar Kamara has sustained a “significant knee ligament injury,” probably ruling the midfielder out of the remainder of the season.

The damage most likely retains the 24-12 months-previous Kamara out of competition of creating the France squad for the European Championship beginning in June, although he has solely been a fringe participant below Didier Deschamps.

Kamara sustained the damage in Villa’s 2-1 loss to Manchester United within the Premier League on Sunday. A scan on Monday confirmed ligament harm.

“Kamara’s condition will be reviewed ahead of a further consultation with a knee specialist,” Villa stated.

Kamara, who moved to Villa from Marseille within the offseason of 2022, has turn out to be a key participant on the English crew on the base of its midfield and will probably be onerous to switch. Douglas Luiz, who performs a extra attacking midfield position, is more likely to should drop deeper for the remaining months of the season.

Villa is fifth within the standings, a degree behind fourth-place Tottenham and 5 factors forward of sixth-place United. The prime 4 qualify for subsequent season’s Champions League, and presumably the fifth-place crew as properly relying on the outcomes of English groups within the three European competitions this marketing campaign.

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