Even before it has started, the new season is effectively over for Super Eagles star Chrisantus Uche.
Both AS and Marca reported that Uche suffered a bad injury to his right knee in a pre-season friendly against AS Monaco.
The player will have to undergo surgery even though the initial medical assessments, with the leg still swollen, did not detect how serious the case was.
Uche suffered multiple tears in his right knee due to a brutal challenge from Mawissa crucially affecting both the ligaments and the menisci.
Uche has returned to Getafe from a loan spell at Premier League club Crystal Palace and had hoped to use the new season to get back to his best after his strugles in England.
