Franck Ribéry will not be playing on behalf of Salernitana for the time being. The midfielder was involved in a car crash last weekend and suffered a head injury as a result. Italian media report that Ribery suffered a concussion and head injury from the accident. The Frenchman did not drive himself, the accident was caused by a relative of his.
According to Il Corriere dello Sport The former Bayern Munich player suffered an accident at dawn on Sunday when he was a co-driver in a vehicle that had collided with a traffic light in the town of Laura di Capaccio Paestum, in the province of Salerno. Ribéry was rushed to hospital, but was soon discharged. Salernitana says in a statement that Ribery is not available for the time being. The Frenchman will be sidelined for a week anyway.
The player’s car crashed into a traffic light and then came to rest against a wall. Ribéry was then taken to hospital with a head injury. Salernitana soon came out with a statement that it was not Ribéry who was behind the wheel. According to Italian media reports, the accident took place in the town of Capaccio Paestum, about 40 kilometers south of Salerno.
The absence of Ribery is a major loss for Salernitana, as the club is fully in the battle against relegation. The team is last in Serie A with 15 points from 25 matches and is ten points behind in safe seventeenth place. Ribéry signed with the PhD student last summer after not extending his contract with Fiorentina. He was in the starting line-up in fourteen of his sixteen competition matches, but has yet to hit a goal.
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