Kasper Schmeichel fears career could be over due to shoulder injury

Kasper Schmeichel He has admitted his career may be over due to a critical shoulder injury.

The Celtic goalkeeper has been enjoying via the ache since hurting his left shoulder for Denmark final yr and aggravated the issue in opposition to Stuttgart final month.

He has sat out the final 5 matches for Martin O’Neill’s aspect and was given the “devastating” prognosis on a go to to a specialist on Monday.

Speaking to CBS Sports Golazo Network, Schmeichel stated: “I’m going to need two surgeries now to fix my shoulder.

“It’s a little bit of a physique blow. I’ve torn the bicep, torn the rotator cuff, dislocated the shoulder, torn the labrum — the whole lot’s sort of gone. It’s trying like 10-12 months of rehab.

“You don’t really know how to react to this. I could have potentially played my last ever football game. I’ve been a footballer since the day I was born. That kind of thought is devastating. It’s very, very hard to wrap my head around at the moment.”

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The 39-year-old adopted within the footsteps of his father Peter, who was an integral a part of Manchester United’s glory years, and his career has prolonged over twenty years.

Schmeichel was a member of the Leicester aspect that gained the Premier League in 2016 in addition to the FA Cup 5 years later, shifting on to Nice and Anderlecht earlier than becoming a member of Celtic in the summertime of 2024.

He will go underneath the knife for the primary time on Friday, and he vowed to battle for his career via what’s going to be a prolonged rehabilitation course of.

“My mind is like, ‘OK, I’m going to give it absolutely everything I can to see if I can get back,'” he stated.

“It would be probably one of the greatest feats of my career if I could get back from an injury like this. I’m going to fight, I’m going to try everything I can.”