Overview
- Roma and Argentina’s forward had the procedure at Villa Stuart under specialist Piero Paolo Mariani.
- He will miss the March 27 Finalissima against Spain under the projected recovery timeline.
- He is expected to sit out at least seven Roma matches across Serie A and the Europa League, including the Bologna tie.
- Accounts differ on the injury’s severity, with some reporting a small partial lateral meniscus tear and others a complete longitudinal tear.
- The operation followed renewed pain that forced him to leave Thursday’s training, extending an absence that began on January 25.