Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has revealed that his hamstring injury was very difficult and required serious surgery.
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De Bruyne got a hamstring injury in the first half of the Champions League final win over Internazionale last season, and played injured for the final two months. After making his comeback, he got injured again in the Premier League opening, against Burnley. He lasted 23 minutes and had to undergo surgery.
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On Wednesday (1), the Belgium player talked about the problem, said he could be back in December, and also is confident that this time his comeback will last longer. “It was a serious operation. It’s actually going very well. There will be a major scan next week and then we will know how the injury is progressing. In the end, everything is going according to schedule. I have not been given a time when I could play football again”.
He explained that the hamstring was with “a lot of cracks”. “Those hamstrings could have torn at any time. It was – on paper – a wet kitchen towel. Ultimately, I had major maintenance carried out after 700 matches, a bit like you do with your car”. De Bruyne also revealed that he has been struggling for two months, but has been able to hold on well. “I still had a lot of stress in that final. Because of all those movements I may have made the crack a little bigger. But it was worth it”.
De Bruyne concluded that this has never happened to him before. “It is a serious surgery and something like that doesn’t happen very often with a hamstring injury. But all the surgeons said an intervention was necessary”.