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Roma dealt huge blow with Dybala set to miss rest of season after surgery

AS Roma could be without Paulo Dybala for the rest of the season
AS Roma could be without Paulo Dybala for the rest of the seasonReuters / Guglielmo Mangiapane
AS Roma forward Paulo Dybala will potentially miss the rest of the season after the Serie A club said on Thursday that the 31-year-old would undergo surgery on his thigh.

Dybala has eight goals and four assists in all competitions this season and last played in a 1-0 win against Cagliari last weekend.

"Paulo Dybala will undergo surgery in the coming days following an injury to his left semitendinosus tendon," Roma said in a statement.

"The player and the club have mutually agreed that this is the best course of action for an optimal recovery."

Although Roma did not give a timeline for his return, surgery on the semitendinosus tendon usually requires at least three months of recovery.

Roma have been resurgent in Serie A since the arrival of Claudio Ranieri as manager in November, moving up from 12th to seventh in the league as they seek a return to European competition once again next season.

They sit three points behind fifth-placed Juventus and four off fourth-placed Bologna.

They next travel to Lecce on March 29th, after the international break.