Another blow for OL with the foot injury of Rayan Cherki, out for the next three months

The thinning of a crazy end to the match against OM (2-1) last week was not enough to stop the spiral of loss in which Olympique Lyonnais finds itself this season. The smashing non-match in Monaco on Saturday (2-0), for which Peter Bosz completely missed his starting line-up, showed how fragile his players are this season.

Olympique Lyonnais informs of the injury to the right foot of @rayan_cherki contracted on Saturday evening in Monaco. The examinations taken by the international Espoir revealed an undisplaced fracture of the 5th metatarsal requiring an operation, scheduled for this Wednesday.https://t.co/IvjXnDn4k3

— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) February 7, 2022

If the workforce still seemed very provided a few days ago, the injury of Houssem Aouar, combined with the almost official departure of Xherdan Shaqiri in MLS, already reduces the attacking potential of the current 8th in the championship. OL now indicate that their young attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki injured his right foot after coming on at half-time at the Louis II stadium.

“The examinations taken by the international hopeful revealed an undisplaced fracture of the fifth metatarsal requiring an operation, scheduled for Wednesday,” said the Lyon club in a press release published on Monday. Interesting against OM, the 18-year-old player “will have to observe a period of immobilization for a minimum of 3 months”. In other words, his season is almost over. When nothing goes right…