After a promising begin to life within the Bundesliga, Liverpool loanee Sepp van den Berg is now going through an extended spell out following a horror ankle harm.
There are excessive hopes throughout the membership that, upon becoming a member of Schalke on the finish of the summer time switch window, Van den Berg can additional cement himself as a elite-potential younger defender.
Whereas solely on the fringes of the primary crew at Liverpool, the Dutchman instantly took up a first-choice function beneath Frank Kramer on the Enviornment AufSchalke, beginning all 4 video games since arriving in Gelsenkirchen.
Sadly, his fourth seems to have been his final for some time, with a stunning activate his left ankle throughout a problem with Augsburg’s Mergim Berisha leaving him needing speedy remedy.
Van den Berg was stretchered off 53 minutes right into a 3-2 loss for Schalke and brought straight to hospital, the place he acquired remedy for a probably severe harm.
Sepp van den Berg befindet sich mit Verdacht auf eine Knöchelverletzung auf dem Weg ins Krankenhaus. Wir drücken dir die Daumen, Sepp! ??
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— FC Schalke 04 (@s04) October 2, 2022
The extent of his harm is as but unclear, however Schalke technical director Rouven Schroder has confirmed it’s “undoubtedly one thing severe” for the 20-year-old.
“We all know it’s undoubtedly one thing severe,” he’s quoted by Voetbal Worldwide.
“It might be a fracture. That might be a giant blow to us.”
Elsewhere on the weekend, there have been begins for seven different gamers together with Tyler Morton, whose nook led to a different purpose for Blackburn of their 2-1 win over Millwall.
Left-back Adam Lewis recorded an help in Newport County’s 2-1 victory in opposition to Leyton Orient, whereas Conor Bradley impressed once more in Bolton’s 2-0 conquer Lincoln.
Fidel O’Rourke led the road for Caernarfon City as they misplaced 3-1 to Pontypridd, whereas goalkeepers Marcelo Pitaluga, Vitezslav Jaros and Jakub Ojrzynski all made begins for his or her golf equipment.
It was an in any other case quiet spell for the Liverpool loanees, although, with the likes of James Balagizi, Owen Beck, Billy Koumetio and Max Woltman all not concerned.
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- Tyler Morton (Blackburn) – 90 minutes vs. Millwall
- Sepp van den Berg (Schalke) – 53 minutes vs. Augsburg
- Conor Bradley (Bolton) – 90 minutes vs. Lincoln
- Adam Lewis (Newport County) – 90 minutes vs. Leyton Orient, help
- Marcelo Pitaluga (Macclesfield) – 90 minutes vs. Bootle
- Jakub Ojrzynski (Radomiak Radom) – 90 minutes vs. Cracovia
- Vitezslav Jaros (Stockport) – 90 minutes vs. Walsall
- Fidel O’Rourke (Caernarfon City) – 90 minutes vs. Pontypridd
Unused: Owen Beck, James Balagizi, Billy Koumetio, Max Woltman, Jack Bearne, Anderson Arroyo
Injured: Rhys Williams, Paul Glatzel
Suspended: Leighton Clarkson