Don’t Shoot The Messenger<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n“He went in for an arthroscope. He had his meniscus lateral cartilage repaired, and they’re a low percentage to work.<\/p>\n
“But for his long-term health and career, that’s the way the club went.”<\/p>\n
King missed the entirety of his debut season with a knee injury and has had shoulder troubles throughout his journey, limiting his output to 83 games since he was drafted in 2018.<\/p>\n
But Lyon is adamant that the 25-year-old’s fortunes will turn, and he’ll have more successful football to come.<\/p>\n
“It’s been really tough. First day I got there, they did a 3km (run), and then someone pulled his arm out of his socket, and he went in for a reconstruction,” Lyon added.<\/p>\n
“The bottom line is he’ll be in full training at the back of January.<\/p>\n
“So it’s not great, he’ll have a plastic knee in the end. But he’ll get five, six, eight, nine years of great footy.<\/p>\n
“So the club did the right thing. It was unlikely to work, but we gave it a chance.<\/p>\n
“Now they just trim the cartilage, he’ll be running in a week. He’s really every chance to be Round 1 (Opening Round), so it’s not complicated.<\/p>\n
“But he’s been to hell and back.”<\/p>\n
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