Ligue 1 – TFC: England striker Rhys Healy suffers cruciate ligament tear

What a blow. TFC striker Rhys Healy was injured late in Sunday’s game against Lorient on August 21. This Monday, the club announced that last year’s top scorer in Ligue 2 had ruptured the cruciate ligament in his left knee. The striker will be out for a very long time and will not play again until 2022.

In the last play of the game (90+5), Healy picked up a cross from van den Bouman, with a header that dropped off the Englishman’s tendon. As he fell to the ground, the Manchester native grabbed his left knee and predicted the worst.

Rhys Healy’s injury comes after a particularly tumultuous summer. The drug-hit Englishman made a late comeback with the full squad at the end of last season. He played his first friendly match on 30 July (against Clermont), a week before the championship resumed.

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His future at the club was written on the dotted lines. Interest from English second division clubs has cast doubt over a potential departure this summer. The Englishman also rejected the club’s offer of a contract extension when he returned from training in Spain in early July.

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The injury comes at a particularly bad time for Healy, who opened his goal counter last week against Troyes (3-0). The striker will undergo treatment in Toulouse and it will be at least six months before he can train with his team-mates again.