Fermín López underwent successful surgery and will be sidelined for around three months
Fermín López went into the operating room and the procedure went well. The injury to the fifth metatarsal in his right foot rules him out of the World Cup in United States, Mexico and Canada.
Fermín López underwent surgery today “successfully” for the injury to the fifth metatarsal in his right foot that he suffered in the match against Betis, on the penultimate round of LaLiga.
The injury leaves him out of the World Cup in United States, Mexico and Canada. In addition, the estimated recovery time is around three months, a major blow for the player at a key point in the season.
It is an important setback, the kind that throws any plan off course. Fermín now faces a long recovery process, with the goal of returning well and without rushing, after an operation that ended in the best possible way given the bad news.
The procedure went well, but the injury leaves him out of the World Cup. For a player who had been carrying this problem since the match against Betis, the priority now is to heal and put behind him an issue that has brought him to a sudden stop.
At a date so close to the start of the major event, the confirmation hurts even more. Fermín has been ruled out of the tournament and now begins a personal countdown that, according to the information provided, will last around three months.
