GdS: How long Camarda will be out after surgery and the decision on his Lecce loan

Francesco Camarda has undergone corrective surgery to fix his shoulder issue, and he is not expected back for a few weeks.

Camarda has been absent since the draw against Juventus back in round 18, with it becoming clear afterwards that he has a troublesome upper body issue. In recent weeks, he had attempted to resolve his shoulder problem with conservative therapy.

12 weeks out

Following a further medical consultation in the last few hours, the Salento club – along with parent club Milan and the player himself – decided to proceed with the surgery to hopefully fix the injury for good.

La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) confirm that Camarda underwent surgery yesterday at the Humanitas hospital in Rozzano, which is close to Milan. It was arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery on his right shoulder to reconstruct the glenoid labrum, to get technical.

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The 17-year-old striker is on loan at Lecce until the end of the season, after which he will return to Milan. Camarda (one goal in 17 appearances for the Giallorossi) will be out for approximately three months and will return for the final part of the season.

His last match was against Roma on January 6th and it remains to be seen how many more minutes he will get between now and June, in what has been a difficult campaign for the Italian.