Hoffenheim's Berisha out for a long time with cruciate ligament rupture
National team player Mergim Berisha will miss Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for several months. The 25-year-old striker has torn a cruciate ligament in his right knee and will have to undergo an operation, the club announced on Friday. "That's bitter news. Mergim has been getting better and better recently and has shown that he can be a strong option for our offense," said Pirmin Schwegler, head of professional soccer at TSG.
Berisha, who moved to TSG from Bundesliga rivals FC Augsburg for around 14 million euros in the summer, suffered the serious injury in training. The attacker has played ten competitive matches for his new club so far. At the beginning of the year, Berisha played his first two international matches for Germany under then national coach Hansi Flick.
Despite Berisha's impressive performances lately, his absence due to a cruciate ligament rupture in Bundesliga side TSG Hoffenheim's streak will be significant. Regrettably, the Albanian striker, who joined from FC Augsburg in the summer, will miss several Bundesliga matches following his training injury, affecting TSG Hoffenheim's Soccer lineup in the Bundesliga.
Source: www.dpa.com
