The player has been suffering from a calf muscle injury since the semi-final second leg of the Europa League conference on Thursday against Feyenoord Rotterdam.
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Hard blow for the Phocaeans. Olympique de Marseille playmaker and captain Dimitri Payet will no longer play this season, after suffering a right calf injury on Thursday against Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Europa League Conference, his club announced in a statement on Saturday. “Dimitri Payet suffered a calf muscle injury assessed by the usual reference examinations. Treatment has already started but full recovery will only happen after the end of the championship”writes OM in this press release.
The player also wanted to react on his Twitter account and tell more to Marseille fans: “Once again I will not be able to do what I love most in the world, playing football. After having passed the last exams today, the results are reassuring but show that unfortunately I will not be able to play again this season. “ And to add: “The disappointment is great, the pain is strong.”
My friends,
Once again I will not be able to do what I love most in the world, playing football.
After having passed the last exams today, the results are reassuring but show that unfortunately I could not play again this season. Part.1 pic.twitter.com/vVzwiyIXhP
— Dimitri Payet (@dimpayet17) May 7, 2022
In the race for Europe and more particularly for the Champions League, the absence of its maestro should weigh heavily in a Marseille workforce worn down by an extended season. “The hardest thing today for me is not being able to help my teammates in this final stretch.added the Marseille leader on Twitter. Three games from the end, the Marseillais are in third place and the battle against Monegasques and Rennais should largely punctuate an end to the season as hectic as it is undecided.
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