Kouyate to miss start of season

  • by Staff Writer
  • Wednesday, 19th July 2017

Cheikhou Kouyate will miss the start of the new season after being ruled out with a knee injury.

Slaven Bilic revealed yesterday that Kouyate has suffered a mystery injury prior to the 0-0 draw with Sturm Graz on Monday. However the extent of that was unknown at the time.




That Kouyate will be out of action until the end of August, at the earliest, was confirmed by the manager today. "It is a big shame that Cheikhou got injured in one of our early training sessions," Bilic told The Mirror. "It was out of nothing.

"He did his knee and he is going to miss the first few games of the season. It was a freak injury and it is a blow for us. He doesn't need surgery and the injury is not a bad one, but he needs rehab now."

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