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Porto central defender Perez completely ruptured Achilles tendon; has undergone surgery + next World Cup dream breaks

8:11pm, 15 September 2025【Football】

Hupu September 15th Porto central defender, Argentine international Neuen Perez's Achilles tendon has completely ruptured and has undergone surgery. The club said the surgery was “going smoothly.”

Neuen Perez will now begin the recovery process, which is expected to last for a long time and he will likely not play again this season.

In the 55th minute, the central defender who was still playing right back was knocked down. He immediately signaled to be replaced and carried off the field by a stretcher. The painful expression on the faces of Argentines is obvious. Seeing what happened to his teammates, Froholt and Samu both hugged their heads and sighed. In addition to season reimbursement, Neuen Perez also lost hope of participating in next year's World Cup.

As the Argentine player will miss the remaining games of the season, there are only three central defenders left in Porto. Considering the various events that the Blue and White Army participated in, the player's figure seems particularly rare.

Therefore, the team's head coach Farioli is currently studying the possibility of signing a free agent to join the team, as the transfer window in January is still more than three months away.

However, the list of unemployed players currently available is not optimistic, and some core players are in trouble due to injuries or discipline issues and are unable to join the team. However, the Porto club did not rule out this possibility, and Farioli admitted it after the match against the Nationals.

It is worth mentioning that among the current free agents, Fu'an Jianyang is one of the most attractive names. Interestingly, he was once a teammate of Kiviol in Arsenal. The problem is that the Japanese player has been injured for months and may not be able to recover until December, and his attractiveness has declined given the current situation of Porto Football Club.

Poland's Davedovic (formerly played for Benfica B and Verona) and Ghana's Amatte (formerly played for Leicester City and Besiktas) are behind the market's most valuable freelance centre-back roster.