Injury blow for England and Bayern with Georgia Stanway out for ‘several months’

England midfielder Georgia Stanway is set to be sidelined for “several months” following knee surgery, her club Bayern Munich have said.

Stanway, who joined Bayern in 2022 after leaving Manchester City, went under the knife on Wednesday having sustained ligament damage during a training session.

A statement from Bayern on Thursday said: “Midfielder Georgia Stanway tore the lateral ligament in her right knee during training earlier this week.

Georgia #Stanway wurde nach einer Außenbandverletzung im Training erfolgreich operiert und wird den FC Bayern Frauen mehrere Monate fehlen.

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Gute Besserung, Georgia! ❤️‍