{"id":22237,"date":"2024-01-27T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T17:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/22237\/manchester-city-record-signing-jill\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T17:32:11","slug":"manchester-city-record-signing-jill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=22237","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City record signing Jill Roord ruptures ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City record signing Jill Roord ruptures ACL\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Manchester City midfielder Jill Roord has suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament, the Women&#39;s Super League (WSL) club confirmed on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old, who joined City from Wolfsburg in July 2023 in a \u00a3300,000 ($381,269) deal to become the club&#39;s record signing, was injured during the team&#39;s victory team in the Continental Tires League Cup trophy against Manchester United on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roord has scored two goals and contributed two assists for City this season, but now looks set to miss the remainder of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJill will remain under the care of City\u2019s medical team and will begin her rehabilitation,\u201d the WSL club said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone at City wishes him a speedy and full recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Jill Roord joined Manchester City from Wolfsburg in a club-record deal in July 2023. <cite>Matt McNulty\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Roord is the latest high-profile footballer to suffer a serious knee injury, after England captain Leah Williamson and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr suffered an ACL injury during a hot weather training camp in Morocco on January 7.<\/p>\n<p>Increased workload, travel and lack of rest have contributed to an increase in injuries, including ACL tears, among professional female players, according to a report by global <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a> players&#39; union FIFPRO.<\/p>\n<p>City have not disclosed a date for when they expect the Netherlands international to be able to return to the team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City record signing Jill Roord ruptures ACL\u060c Manchester City midfielder Jill Roord has suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament, the Women&#39;s Super League (WSL) club confirmed on Saturday. The 26-year-old, who joined City from Wolfsburg in July 2023 in a \u00a3300,000 ($381,269) deal to become the club&#39;s record signing, was injured during the team&#39;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2699,808,9818,31,616,9819,9820,1141],"class_list":["post-22237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-acl","tag-city","tag-jill","tag-manchester","tag-record","tag-roord","tag-ruptures","tag-signing"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22239,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22237\/revisions\/22239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}