Agyemang Will Be Back 'without A Doubt' After Acl Injury

Teenage striker Michelle Agyemang has been backed to to find nan spot to scope her imaginable "without a doubt" contempt rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

The 19-year-old will miss nan remainder of nan season aft suffering nan wounded arsenic nan Lionesses hit Australia 3-0 successful Tuesday's friendly.

Agyemang was arsenic a astonishment inclusion successful Sarina Wiegman's squad for Euro 2025 successful nan summer, but scored important goals successful some nan quarter-finals and semi-finals arsenic they successfully defended their European title.

The Arsenal guardant started this play good connected indebtedness astatine Brighton, whose head Dario Vidosic said connected Friday: "It's not conscionable america that are heartbroken but nan full nation, seeing her spell down successful that game, I deliberation we each held our breath.

"There are nary words, it's a reliable one. I said to her coming and she said she is OK, she feels good.

"She is simply a very switched-on kid truthful her mind is already group connected it (recovery), that's nan awesome point astir her that possibly not everyone gets to see.

"It's a chance to improve. We'll support her engaged and learning, if not physically. We tin still support her mind increasing and learning arsenic a young player.

"She still has a batch of imaginable that we were seeing each week, she was increasing done nan acquisition of playing and coming up against reliable opponents.

"Now we'll find different intends to do that disconnected nan pitch. We'll thief her mentally truthful that erstwhile she comes backmost it will beryllium for illustration she hasn't missed a beat."

Having suffered 2 ACL injuries herself during her playing career, Arsenal head Renee Slegers knows what Agyemang is going through.

"It's a very sad time," she added. "When these moments hap it's horrible because you cognize that it will support them distant from nan crippled for a agelong time.

"Michelle has been doing truthful well, she was successful a really bully place. The timing of this isn't great, though it's ne'er a bully time.

"But Michelle is very strong, she's young, she will person nan spot to travel backmost and we'll do everything we tin to support her."