Manuel Lanzini has suffered a serious knee injury in training which appears likely to rule the playmaker out of the World Cup.
The 25-year-old helped West Ham climb the Premier League table in 2018 which earned a place in Argentina’s World Cup squad.
Argentina said on Twitter on Friday: “Manuel Lanzini suffered, in today’s morning training, the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee.”
[PARTE MÉDICO] Manuel Lanzini sufrió, en el entrenamiento matutino de hoy, la rotura del ligamento cruzado anterior de su rodilla derecha. pic.twitter.com/lmYEVr5YaV
— Selección Argentina (@Argentina) June 8, 2018
Such an injury usually leads to an absence of months, rather than weeks.Lanzini, who scored five goals in 29 appearances for the Hammers in 2017/18, has made three appearances for Argentina, scoring his first goal in March’s 2-0 victory over Italy.
