James Sands has suffered a significant setback throughout his mortgage spell at German Bundesliga membership St. Pauli.
Sands underwent surgical procedure on Sunday to restore a posh proper ankle damage involving a fractured fibula and torn medial collateral ligament, Sands’ mum or dad membership NYCFC introduced. He shall be out indefinitely and there’s no timetable for his return this season.
The NYCFC loanee made seven appearances for St. Pauli since becoming a member of on mortgage in January. Sands, 24, logged 452 minutes of enjoying time for St. Pauli, serving to the membership to a 2-1-4 file in league play throughout that span.
Sands’ transfer to Germany was his second mortgage spell in Europe after beforehand spending time with Scottish Premiership giants Rangers. He has logged 194 mixed appearances for 4 golf equipment throughout his profession, which additionally included a cease at USL Championship facet Louisville Metropolis FC.
Sands has earned 13 caps for the U.S. males’s nationwide group thus far and stays an possibility for Mauricio Pochettino’s squad going ahead.
St. Pauli sits in 14th place within the German top-flight.