Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
No he won't, unless he makes major adaptations to his game, his days of turning on a dime and out sprinting forwards are gone, he's a big man so he'll have more pressure on his knee when moving and sliding tackles. He's done at top level, he'll be off to a good team in a bad league Ajax or back to Celtic within 2 years, they'll keep him this summer realize he's nowhere near where he was and be rid of him either next Jan or the following summer.there is no cutting corners you're right, the best medical attention will optimise his recovery but still looking at 9 months before he realistically plays again. Speaking from experience of this, his first 3 months back he'll be crap, if he then gets a time off and a pre season, he'll be good as new, save for any natural ageing degradation. I don't buy into the thought that this injury causes a loss of pace, hamstring injuries may, but not this.