Republic of Ireland striker Michael Obafemi has been ruled out for the remainder of the season after it was confirmed he would require surgery on an ankle injury.<\/p>\n
Obafemi – who joined Blackpook on loan from Burnley in January – suffered what his manager Ian Evatt described as an “innocuous” looking injury in their 4-0 defeat to Plymouth Argyle at the weekend.<\/p>\n
It’s now been determined that he requires surgery and has returned to Turf Moor where he will sit out the rest of the campaign.<\/p>\n
“We’ll be losing him for the rest of the season. He\u2019s requiring surgery,” Evatt said.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s another innocuous incident where he just planted his foot looking to switch the ball, and suffered a high ankle tear, which means it needs surgical intervention \u2013 which isn\u2019t ideal at all.”<\/p>\n
The 25-year old has struggled since leaving Swansea City for Burnley in 2023, being subsequently sent out on loan to Millwall and Plymouth.<\/p>\n
He spent the first half of the current campaign with 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bochum where he made just two appearances.<\/p>\n
The latest injury setback has ruled him out of the equation for the March playoff away to Czech Republic, though he has fallen down the pecking order in any case.<\/p>\n
The Dublin-born centre-forward made the most recent of his 12 appearances for Ireland in the 2-1 win friendly win over Hungary in June 2024.<\/p>\n
Obafemi has two goals for Ireland both during his stint as a first choice striker during the 2022 Nations League, when he found the net in the 3-0 home win against Scotland that summer and the 3-2 victory over Armenia in September of that year.<\/p>\n
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