Monaco's Left Flank Left Bare: How Long Without Manning?
Josh Manning's twisted ankle costs AS Monaco their left winger for about four weeks — and four matches — three months after the £4.1m move from Hertha Berlin.
Three months after arriving from Hertha Berlin for £4.1m, Josh Manning has picked up a twisted ankle. The medical staff at AS Monaco estimate about 26 days out, a return around 4 December, which would mean four club games missed. Estimates being estimates, nobody should circle that date in ink.
It is a thin sort of loss on paper — one goal in 12 games this season — but a left winger is not measured only in goals, and Monaco must now fill that flank without him. Manning, 33, has seen enough of these spells to know the calendar does not wait. "I'll be back when the ankle agrees," he might say. The club will hope it agrees sooner.