Overview
- Klinsmann, injured Saturday after a stoppage‑time collision with Palermo’s Filippo Ranocchia, was stretchered off in a neck brace and taken to a hospital in Palermo.
- Cesena said tests found a fracture of the first cervical vertebra and a cut to the back of his head, with further evaluation and a specialist neurosurgical consultation planned.
- He was kept overnight for observation, and the club described the incident as an accidental clash late in the Serie B game.
- The 29-year-old wrote on Instagram that his season is over, and reporting indicates he is unlikely to make the United States’ World Cup squad.
- The setback removes Ashley Cole’s first-choice goalkeeper from Cesena’s final fixtures, and a C1 fracture typically involves a long recovery, which his agent also signaled.