Marco Reus’ injury woes continues as the 25-year old was ruled out for up to four weeks due to an ankle injury that he suffered in Germany’s 2-1 win over Scotland on Sunday. Borussia Dortmund revealed earlier today,
“Team doctor Markus Braun on Monday diagnosed a partial tear and stretching of ligaments. The club expects the player to undergo a rehabilitation programme of four weeks”.
The injury comes after a long two-month rehabilitation period for Reus, which put him out of the World Cup, after he suffered from torn ankle ligaments in June against Armenia. The injury to Reus will be an even bigger blow for Dortmund who start their Champions League campaign on 16th September.
Reus, who refused a new contract at Dortmund in July, was a key player last season as he scored 23 goals and had the same number of assists to his name in 44 appearances. The arrival of new faces in attack might upset the Dortmund cohesiveness upfront, which is another reason why Reus will be a key player this year too. With the departure of Robert Lewandowski to title rivals Bayern Munich, manager Jürgen Klopp and the Dortmund faithful were hoping that Reus would stay fit for the whole season.
Dortmund play against the likes VfB Stuttgart, FC Schalke 04, Arsenal and RSC Anderlecht in the next month or so and they will definitely miss Reus especially against Arsenal, against whom they have failed to win last year in the same competition. However, there is some positive news regarding Jakub Blaszczykowski who returned to action in August after missing nearly seven months due to a cruciate ligament rupture he suffered in January this year. The Poland international is close to 100% match fitness and might replace Reus in the upcoming games despite him being a right winger.
The former Champions have had an indifferent start to their season as they lost on the opening day to Leverkusen and ended up conceding the fastest goal in Bundesliga; after just 9 seconds. They got back to winning ways against Augsburg but were far from convincing as they were shaky, especially during the final minutes.