Robin Singh ruled out for at least 6 months!
Robin Singh suffered knee injury while playing the group stage match against Sri Lanka in SAFF cup. He suffered the injury while scoring his second goal against Lanka and was seen writhing in pain. Afterwards, he was immediately taken to the hospital.
Watch @robin_singh_23‘s 2nd goal vs #SriLanka – #SAFFSuzukiCup #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/6EdTDd5LR5
— football news india (@fni) December 26, 2015
National team coach had confirmed the next day that injury was not serious and Robin will be available for selection for the match against Nepal. However he did not make it to the squad versus Nepal and later news emerged that Robin was ruled from the rest of the SAFF cup.
Bad news from #Indianfootball team camp. @robin_singh_23 ruled out from the rest of #SAFFSuzukiCup –#Indianfootball pic.twitter.com/Ap5kDEXGpA — football news india (@fni) December 29, 2015
He flew to Bangalore later for further assessment of his injury. Bengaluru FC owner Parth Jindal has taken to twitter to confirm that Robin will be ruled for an extended period.
Huge blow for @AiffMedia and @bengalurufc – @robin_singh_23 out for a while – stay strong Robin we are all with you — Parth Jindal (@ParthJindal11) December 29, 2015
Looks like Robin will be out for at least 6 months and this going to be a big blow for Bengaluru FC. BFC will miss his service for I-league and AFC Cup.
@AiffMedia @bengalurufc @robin_singh_23 at least 6 months is what I have been told — Parth Jindal (@ParthJindal11) December 29, 2015