2023-07-29 03:51:07
This is very sad news for the football family in general, especially German football. One more, a year after Sebastien Haller’s landmark battle with testicular cancer, weeks after signing for Borussia Dortmund last summer. Borussia Mönchengladbach announced Thursday morning in a press release that its Austrian defender Stefan Lainer (30) was “seriously ill”, diagnosed with “cancer of the lymph nodes”.
“Stefan Lainer will be absent from Borussia Mönchengladbach for several months”, explains the club in its press release after the discovery of this cancer “in the context of medical examinations”. Despite this ordeal, the club remains relatively optimistic for the future of its player: “For treatment, he must undergo therapy for several months. According to doctors, the disease was detected very early and can be very well treated and cured with medication. There is a very high probability that his health will be fully restored and a normal life, including professional sports, will be possible. »
“We will do everything to ensure that Stevie receives the best possible treatment and we wish him and his family a lot of strength and optimism in his fight against this disease,” Borussia sporting director Roland Virkus said in a statement. the press release published by the club.
Arrived in Mönchengladbach, 10th in the last German championship, in 2019 from Salzburg, Lainer had played 18 games in all competitions last season with the former team of Marcus Thuram. Austrian international, he has 38 caps (2 goals) with the Rot-Weiss-Roten.
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