Chancel Mbemba endures nightmare start to life at Porto – You couldn’t make this up

Less than 48 hours into life as a Porto player, Chancel Mbemba is already on crutches and being pushed around on a wheelchair – with him sustaining  an injury to his left knee during a friendly with Farnese on Wednesday morning (his first game for the club).

The 23-year old only became a Porto player on Monday, eventually completing his long awaited move from NUFC for a fee in the region of £5-6m, however he’s endured a pretty unideal start to life in Portugal.

As a result, he now looks certain to miss our pre-season friendly with the Portuguese giants on Saturday – a game that’s now set to kick off at 8pm (not 7.30pm) at the Estádio do Dragão this weekend.

It sounds like the injury is not too serious – with the Portuguese reporter suggesting in the tweet above that it’s a sprain opposed to ligament damage – however he’s now in a wheelchair and needing to be assessed fully by the club’s doctors.

Not the best of starts to his career at Porto and sods law for him given he spent so much time fit and ready to play at Newcastle, yet left out in the cold by Rafa Benitez.

Hopefully he can make a full recovery and get that cast off as soon as possible!

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About Olly Hawkins

As a Junior Magpie since birth and season ticket holder, I eat, sleep and breathe all things NUFC! Here at the blog, I aim to bring you news, views, match reports and transfer exclusives as and when I get them.

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