Friday 7 January, 2011
Quagliarella's season is over
Juventus are reeling after scans revealed that Fabio Quagliarella would be out for the rest of the season.
The Italy international striker had to come off after just three minutes against Parma yesterday when his foot appeared to get stuck in the turf and severely twist his knee.
Quagliarella was evidently in agony and had to be stretchered off, leading Juventus' medical staff to fear the worst.
The 27-year-old underwent and MRI at the Fornaca clinic in Turin this morning and it emerged that he has torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Quagliarella is now expected to be out of action for between four and six months dealing a huge blow to Juventus' title challenge.
The Bianconeri are now expected to intervene on the January transfer market with talks for Luca Toni already at an advanced stage.
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As much as this sucks, buying him at the end of the season is absolutely not an option anymore. I mean, after all, this is one of the reasons we got him on loan...who knows how will he recover after this or much of his form he will get back. The only solution that would make some sense is to loan him again next year under the same circumstances.