Lucy Bronze: England and Barcelona defender has keyhole knee surgery

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Lucy Bronze limps disconnected during Barcelona lucifer against Chelsea

England defender Lucy Bronze has undergone keyhole genu surgery, her nine Barcelona has confirmed.

Barca said Bronze volition miss Thursday's instrumentality limb and her instrumentality to enactment depends connected her rehabilitation progress.

Manager Jonatan Giraldez said: "It's a tiny intervention, conscionable a mates of weeks."

The Barcelona brag had played down the injury aft the lucifer connected Saturday, saying Bronze was "fine" aft she had gone down disconnected the shot successful the 66th minute.

The right-back adds to a database of wounded worries for Lionesses manager Sarina Wiegman, who is already without respective cardinal players for this summer's World Cup successful Australia and New Zealand.

Captain Leah Williamson and winger Beth Mead, who was the apical scorer successful England's European Championship triumph successful 2022, are some retired with anterior cruciate ligament injuries.

There are besides doubts implicit the availability of Chelsea guardant Fran Kirby, who has been retired of enactment since February, portion Blues defender Millie Bright has been ruled retired for respective much weeks with a genu wounded she sustained successful March.

Bronze, who has had respective superior genu injuries implicit the years and had to person an cognition successful the aboriginal stages of her career, played successful each six of England's games successful their Euros victory.

The Lionesses' World Cup run begins connected 22 July erstwhile they look Haiti successful Group D.

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