German-born Ghanaian youngster Noah Awuku has ruptured his Achilles tendon and will be out for five months.
Sportsworldghana.com can exclusively reveal that the 20-year-old Holstein Kiel attacker torn the knee ligaments on Thursday morning during training and will play no football for at least the first half of the season.
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Awuku featured on loan at Chemnitzer last season where he saw less action but has been in fine form for his parent club in their preseason games.
This is the second time in less than he has had a serious knee injury with the first one been in December last year which kept him out for several months.