The dreaded verdict has fallen. Released on a stretcher screaming in pain during the match against Nice on Monday evening, Martin Terrier is suffering from a ruptured cruciate ligament in his right knee, Stade Rennais announced on Tuesday. His season is over.
The striker, author of 9 goals in 16 Ligue 1 games this season (12 goals and 7 assists including tax), should be operated on soon, added the club. This is obviously a huge blow for the Bretons, who will have to do without their number 1 attacking asset in a busy second half of the season, and for the 25-year-old, on the upward slope since his extraordinary last season. (21 league goals). Performances that had brought him very close to the France team.
Rennes has just sent young Matthis Abline, a promising 19-year-old striker from the academy, on loan to Auxerre for the end of the season, looking for playing time. But Abline is more of a center forward, while Terrier evolves on the wing. Jérémy Doku, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Amine Gouiri or even Désiré Doué, currently in care, will be called upon to fill the void left.