Injured Iturbe returns to Roma

By Football Italia staff

There’s bad news for Roma, as Juan Manuel Iturbe ruptured his ACL, meaning he won’t make the loan move to Club Tijuana permanent.

The 24-year-old winger had made the transfer in August with a deal worth €5m already agreed for the end of the season if he played a certain number of games.

The Paraguay international has played 17 times for Club Tijuana in all competition, without scoring a goal, but won’t be on the field again this term.

Iturbe has been diagnosed with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, which requires five to six months on the sidelines.

This means he’s expected to return to Roma in June.

Iturbe has been a disastrous signing from Hellas Verona for €24.5m in July 2014, as he flopped at the Olimpico and on loan spells at Bournemouth, Torino and Club Tijuana.

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