According to the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, the 86-time international of Orange (26 goals) has decided to forgo an operation. Surgery wouldn’t help him recover faster. Everything indicates that Wijnaldum will miss the World Cup in Qatar due to his injury. The Orange squad starts the tournament on November 21 against Senegal. There is a recovery period of three months for such an injury.
“It’s very unfortunate,” said Pinto. “It took so much effort to get ‘Gini’ to Rome. We knew he was going to be very important to our team. After a week it looked like he had been here for a year. After Gini was injured, he was the first to smile again. He is motivated to come back. We are there for him. We are looking forward to January.” Wijnaldum has not yet responded to his injury.
AS Roma rents the Rotterdammer for a year from Paris Saint-Germain, with an option to buy. The former player of Feyenoord, PSV, Newcastle United and Liverpool wanted to force a place in the World Cup selection of Louis van Gaal in Rome. The national coach had passed Wijnaldum for international matches at the end of last season because he was not satisfied with the reserve captain’s play in the national team.