<p>LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Bayer Leverkusen right back Timothy Fosu-Mensah will be out for several months with a cruciate ligament tear in his right knee, the German club said Monday.</p>
<p>Fosu-Mensah was injured just before halftime in Leverkusen’s 2-1 loss to Freiburg on Sunday. The club said he will need an operation and is expected to spend “the coming months” on the sidelines.</p>
<p>It’s the second serious knee injury of the Dutch defender’s career. He also needed ligament surgery while on loan at Fulham in April 2019 and missed most of Manchester United’s 2019-20 season.</p>
<p>“It is a hard blow for Timothy,” Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes said. “We will do everything we can to support him, so that he can come back stronger from this difficult situation.”</p>
<p>Fosu-Mensah, who signed from Manchester United less than two months ago, has played every minute of Leverkusen’s last six Bundesliga games.</p>
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