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Dortmund's Konstantelias to miss 'several months' with knee injury
Dortmund's Konstantelias to miss 'several months' with knee injury / Photo: INA FASSBENDER - AFP

Dortmund's Konstantelias to miss 'several months' with knee injury

Borussia Dortmund newcomer Giannis Konstantelias will miss "several months" with a serious knee injury picked up in Saturday's home win over Hamburg, his club announced on Sunday.

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Konstantelias impressed in his first German Bundesliga start by scoring Dortmund's second goal in the 2-0 victory, but was helped off the pitch early in the second-half.

Dortmund coach Niko Kovac said after the match the club "feared the worst" and they said pn Sunday a follow-up examination showed an injury to his cruciate ligament.

"Giannis Konstantelias has suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee and will be sidelined for several months," the club said on social media.

The 23-year-old Greece international joined Dortmund from PAOK earlier in August for a reported fee of 30 million euros ($36 million).

The midfielder arrived despite protests from the Greek club's ultras, who occupied the stadium in the hopes of preventing the move, having stopped a similar sale to Bundesliga side Stuttgart a year earlier.

P.L.Madureira--PC