To the people asking about the comparison to Rodrigo Possebon, in an article I read it stated:
'Having made his first team debut against Newcastle at the start of the 08/09 season, it was thought that Possebon could go on and establish himself as a squad player but after a horror tackle from Emmanuel Pogatez in a 3rd round league cup tie, Possebon’s situation changed. It was initially feared that Possebon had broken his leg and Sir Alex was furious but following a trip to the hospital it was revealed the midfielder had only suffered a deep cut and possible ligament damage. Possebon returned for the first team in November again in the league cup but the momentum was gone.
His play was still as efficient but there was something different in him, it was as if perhaps his confidence had taken a knock after the tackle. At the age of 19 such outcomes are to be expected. He carried on making sparse appearances for the first team picking up a league cup medal as an unused sub before being sent on loan to Sporting Braga in Portugal for the 09/10 season.'
He was loaned out to Braga and didn't play a single game there after there were reportedly problems about his attitude, and was eventually shipped out without playing anymore games for Man Utd.
While Nani is infinitely more established than Possebon was, Possebon was out for about 2 months for what originally seemed like a deep cut and he spiralled after that. We wont know how bad it was until the results of the scan are reported so it could be bad and as stated by other members here, Nani is a very confidence-based player and we don't know how he would be able to recover from an injury like that.
However, I think that it will probably just be a deep cut and maybe other minor damage.
'Having made his first team debut against Newcastle at the start of the 08/09 season, it was thought that Possebon could go on and establish himself as a squad player but after a horror tackle from Emmanuel Pogatez in a 3rd round league cup tie, Possebon’s situation changed. It was initially feared that Possebon had broken his leg and Sir Alex was furious but following a trip to the hospital it was revealed the midfielder had only suffered a deep cut and possible ligament damage. Possebon returned for the first team in November again in the league cup but the momentum was gone.
His play was still as efficient but there was something different in him, it was as if perhaps his confidence had taken a knock after the tackle. At the age of 19 such outcomes are to be expected. He carried on making sparse appearances for the first team picking up a league cup medal as an unused sub before being sent on loan to Sporting Braga in Portugal for the 09/10 season.'
He was loaned out to Braga and didn't play a single game there after there were reportedly problems about his attitude, and was eventually shipped out without playing anymore games for Man Utd.
While Nani is infinitely more established than Possebon was, Possebon was out for about 2 months for what originally seemed like a deep cut and he spiralled after that. We wont know how bad it was until the results of the scan are reported so it could be bad and as stated by other members here, Nani is a very confidence-based player and we don't know how he would be able to recover from an injury like that.
However, I think that it will probably just be a deep cut and maybe other minor damage.
