Cremonese confirm Cyriel Dessers injury

By Olu Dare

Serie A side Cremonese has disclosed that Nigeria international Cyriel Dessers will be out for an unspecified period of time after confirming that he suffered a ‘blunt trauma on the left thigh.’

The striker left the pitch in tears after just 23 minutes of Sunday’s Serie A encounter with Udinese, which ended 0-0, with what looked like a muscle injury and the club has now confirmed the problem.

“In the past few hours, Cyriel Dessers underwent instrumental examinations which revealed a blunt trauma to the left thigh with the presence of a hematoma,” the club said via a statement on its website.

Dessers joined the newly-promoted side in the summer transfer window from Belgian giants Genk, has been a permanent fixture in the starting XI, featuring in all 12 league matches while scoring two goals and providing one assist.

Cremonese are the only side yet to win a match in the Italian top-flight this season and in the absence of the 27-year-old, goalscoring responsibilities will be on his compatriot David Okereke, who has four goals in all competitions, and Ghanaian youngster Felix Afena-Gyan, who has struggled for game time, since joining from AS Roma in the summer.

Dessers looks like he will miss Saturday’s away clash with Salernitana in Serie A and will hope to be back for Cremonese’s home tie against champions AC Milan on November 8 before the World Cup break.