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Torino defender Buongiorno avoids surgery


Torino have confirmed that Alessandro Buongiorno is not going to require surgical procedure for a shoulder damage, as there have been fears he could be out for 3 months.
The defender dislocated his shoulder and broken ligaments in the course of the remaining minutes of Friday’s Serie A victory away to Cagliari.
It was a fear for the medical workers, who warned that an operation would imply he may very well be on the therapy desk for so long as three months.
This night the membership launched an announcement assuring that after specialist session with Professor Giovanni Di Giacomo in Rome, it was determined that Buongiorno is not going to must go beneath the knife.
He’ll proceed conservative therapy for the subsequent few weeks after which see if there’s enchancment.
It’s nonetheless an issue for the Granata, who will probably be with out their star centre-back for a month.
Buongiorno is 24 years previous and has not too long ago damaged into the Italy squad with two senior caps.
He had additionally been linked with Milan over the January switch window, however Torino refused to even contemplate a sale.