Naby Keita‘s torrid historical past of accidents has adopted him to his new membership, handing him yet one more setback as he seemed to begin afresh in Germany.
The 28-year-old left Liverpool as a free agent this summer season after 5 years and 129 appearances for the membership, however his time at Anfield was tormented by damage.
It meant he performed simply 46.4 p.c of the Reds’ video games, robbing him of the possibility to persistently function for Jurgen Klopp‘s aspect.
Regardless of closing his Liverpool profession by lacking 12 video games as a result of damage, Bundesliga membership Werder Bremen wasted no time in signing the midfielder.
The German membership’s sporting director Frank Baumann did admit that the membership’s medical workers had been initially ‘skeptical’ however had been, in reality, “impressed” by his situation throughout his medical.
He arrived as a marquee signing however, sadly, they must wait to see him in motion after he suffered an adductor muscle damage in the course of the warm-up earlier than Werder’s pleasant towards VfB Oldenburg on Sunday.
Naby Keïta suffered an adductor muscle damage while warming up for the sport towards VfB Oldenburg and will likely be out of motion for a number of weeks.
Wishing you a speedy restoration, Naby ?#werder pic.twitter.com/nHzRrDImqI
— SV Werder Bremen EN (@werderbremen_en) July 17, 2023
The match was to mark the 28-year-old’s first outing for his new membership however historical past has, sadly, repeated itself.
The membership say he “will likely be out of motion for a number of weeks,” which is able to seemingly rule him out of the beginning of the season, which Werder kick off with the DFB-Pokal on August 12.
It’s a merciless blow for a participant who will simply be determined to construct his health base and string video games collectively after simply 13 appearances final season for Liverpool.
The one hope is now that his restoration doesn’t lengthen past the preliminary prognosis and that he can get again on observe and discover the shape that caught Liverpool’s eye all these years in the past.