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Dortmund captain Can out for season with ACL tear

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Sporting director Sebastian Kehl confirmed the injury on Sunday, saying Emre Can ‘will be out for an extended period’.

BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund captain Emre Can will miss the remainder of the season after scans confirmed he tore his ACL in Saturday’s 3-2 home loss to Bayern Munich.

Dortmund confirmed the injury in a statement on Sunday, saying Can “will be out for an extended period”.

Can clutched his left knee after tussling with Bayern’s Konrad Laimer just before half-time. The former Liverpool and Juventus midfielder played on for a few minutes but then signalled to the bench and was withdrawn.

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