Dortmund forward Adeyemi to miss ‘several weeks’ with injury

Dortmund forward Adeyemi to miss ‘several weeks’ with injury: Due to an ankle injury, Karim Adeyemi, a forward for Borussia Dortmund, will be out for “several weeks,” the Bundesliga team said on Monday.

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In the Champions League 1-1 draw against Paris Saint-Germain last week, Dortmund’s 21-year-old winger “suffered a partial tear” of the ligament, the team posted on X, the previous Twitter platform.

The team said that he will be out for “several weeks” and that he would miss Tuesday’s season-ending home match against Mainz.

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A goal by Adeyemi against PSG gave them the lead over the French champions in a group that also contained Newcastle and AC Milan.

In the round of sixteen, Dortmund, ranked fifth in Germany, will take on PSV Eindhoven. The first leg of the match is set for late February.

Adeyemi has only scored twice for Dortmund this season, both of which came in Europe, but the Germany international has often been utilized as a substitute.