'Big blow' as Socceroos star ruled out for season

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Socceroos hopeful Martin Boyle's period has gone from atrocious to worse, with quality that helium suffered a torn ACL and volition miss the remainder of the season.

Boyle was initially named successful Australia's 26-man squad for Qatar and would apt person been successful the starting XI, but was withdrawn with a genu contented days earlier the tournament.

However, his nine Hibernian person present revealed that the contented was overmuch worse than archetypal feared - and scans person revealed that what was suspected to beryllium a meniscus contented was superseded by a pre-existing ACL tear.

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Boyle has had country successful Qatar and has begun rehab for the 2023-24 campaign.

"It has been a pugnacious fewer weeks for Martin and we are each gutted for him," Hibs manager Lee Johnson said.

"Now, it's up to america to rally astir him and marque definite we enactment him connected each level passim his recovery.

"Short word – it is simply a large stroke for us, but we volition bash everything we tin to enactment Martin to marque definite helium comes backmost fitter, stronger and a amended subordinate than before, conscionable similar Kevin Nisbet has shown successful his recovery."

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