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Teenage striker Michelle Agyemang has been backed to find the strength needed to reach her potential “without a doubt” despite a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
The 19-year-old will miss the rest of the season after sustaining the injury during the Lions’ 3-0 win over Australia in a friendly match on Tuesday.
Agyemang was a surprise inclusion in Sarina Wegman’s squad for Euro 2025 in the summer, but he scored crucial goals in both the quarter-finals and semi-finals as they successfully defended their European title.
The Arsenal striker has started this season well on loan at Brighton, whose manager Dario Vidosic said on Friday: “It’s not just us who are sad, but the whole nation, after seeing them lose in that game, I think we all held our breath.”
“There are no words, it’s a difficult word. I spoke to her today and she said she’s fine, feeling good.
“She’s a very emotional child, so her mind is really busy recovering, and that’s what’s so admirable about her that maybe not everyone sees.
“It’s an opportunity to get better. We’ll keep her engaged and learning, if not physically. We can still keep her mentally growing and learning as a young player.”
“She still has a lot of potential that we saw every week, she was growing through the experience of playing and beating tough opponents.
“Now we’ll find another way to do it off the field. We’ll help her mentally so that when she comes back she feels like she didn’t miss anything.”
Having suffered two anterior cruciate ligament injuries during her playing career, Arsenal manager Renee Sligers knows what Agyemang is going through.
“It’s a very sad time,” she added. “When those moments happen it’s terrible because you know it’s going to keep them out of the game for a long time.
“Michelle has been doing really well, and she’s been in a really good place. The timing of this couldn’t be more great, though, and it’s never been a good time.”
“But Michelle is very strong, she is young, she will have the strength to come back and we will do everything we can to support her.”
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