GEORGIA STANWAY has undergone a knee operation after suffering a serious injury during training with her club Bayern Munich.
The England midfielder, who underwent surgery yesterday, ruptured a lateral ligament in her right knee earlier this week.
The German giants expect the player, 26, to be out of action for several months for their team who are battling to win a seventh Women’s Bundesliga title.
This means Stanway could miss the rest of this season and face a battle to be fit for this summer’s Euros with England hoping to retain their crown.
The Bayern Munich star was part of the Lionesses side, who under boss Sarina Wiegman, became the first England team to win the contest in 2022.
This year’s tournament in Switzerland is due to start on July 2 with England’s group stage opener against France taking place in Zurich three days later.
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Should the 75-capped Stanway return to fitness by then, there is a chance she may have not have played in any competitive matches before the contest’s start.
Her last competitive appearance for her club, who are currently second in Germany’s top tier, was on December 18.
Back then the midfielder was part of the team that fell to a 3-2 group stage loss to Arsenal in the Champions League.
Stanway, who joined Bayern Munich from Man City in May 2022, is a highly-regarded player for club and country.
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She began her senior club career at Blackburn Rovers in 2015 prior to signing for Man City later that year and then joining Bayern seven years after.
Stanway, who was born in Cumbria, made an instant impact on her senior Lionesses debut scoring in a 3-0 friendly defeat of Austria in November 2018
Five years later, she helped her national team make history by winning the Women’s Euros for the first time.
On the way to defeating Germany in the final of the 2022 contest she scored a long-range quarter-final winner against Spain.
Stanway’s fitness blow comes just over a month after Lioness and Man City defender Alex Greenwood sustained a medial and collateral ligament injury.
The Cityzens captain was stretchered off during her side’s 2-0 defeat of St Polten in the Champions League.
She is currently working on her way back to fitness at the club after undergoing surgery following her MCL injury.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
