{"id":1513,"date":"2026-03-31T15:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/1513\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:18:19","slug":"wesley-out-with-leg-injury-could-be-sidelined-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/1513\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesley Out With Leg Injury, Could Be Sidelined a Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">In our recent roundtable, the consensus was that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiesaditotti.com\/as-roma-transfer-news-rumors\/40358\/the-great-roma-questionnaire-extraordinnaire-bad-form-or-bigger-problems\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:injuries are the main reason for Roma\u2019s struggles over the last two months.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;injuries are the main reason for Roma\u2019s struggles over the last two months.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> injuries are the main reason for Roma\u2019s struggles over the last two months.<\/a> Injuries have decimated Roma, especially in the attacking department, where Paulo Dybala and Mat\u00edas Soul\u00e9\u2018s absences have left Gian Piero Gasperini with a dearth of creative options behind striker Donyell Malen\u2014who has had to shoulder the entirety of Roma\u2019s attack, with Evan Ferguson and Artem Dovbyk also out for the entirety of matches in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Wesley, one of the standout players in Roma\u2019s rollercoaster season, has been sidelined due to injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/roma-star-wesley-sent-home-by-brazil-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wesley was replaced by Roger Iba\u00f1ez;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Wesley was replaced by Roger Iba\u00f1ez&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Wesley was replaced by Roger Iba\u00f1ez<\/a> in Brazil\u2019s friendly match against France late last week, and the news isn\u2019t good. After tests revealed a tear in his right thigh, it has been confirmed that Roma\u2019s star winger will miss a month of action, leaving Gasperini in even more of a lurch.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The hope is that Wesley will be able to return for Roma\u2019s match against Fiorentina on May 3rd. That would mean Wesley missing four games\u2014against Inter, Pisa, Atalanta, and Bologna. Since Roma is clinging to a slim chance of qualifying for the Champions League, Wesley\u2019s absence will be a significant loss in those matches. With Wesley sidelined and Angeli\u00f1o yet to play meaningful minutes this season, it will likely fall to Devyne Rensch or Kostas Tsimikas to step in for the Brazilian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In addition to Wesley, Roma will also be without Manu Kon\u00e9 in the midfield against the league leaders on Easter. And with only Soul\u00e9 possibly returning from the injured list against Inter, Gasperini will have his work cut out for him as Roma is in desperate need of points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In our recent roundtable, the consensus was that injuries are the main reason for Roma\u2019s struggles over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1384,1179,414,1380,1383,1386,1382,419,1377,44,1385,1381,27,1379,1378],"class_list":{"0":"post-1513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rome","8":"tag-artem-dovbyk","9":"tag-as-roma","10":"tag-atalanta","11":"tag-bologna-fc-1909","12":"tag-devyne-rensch","13":"tag-donyell-malen","14":"tag-evan-ferguson","15":"tag-fiorentina","16":"tag-gian-piero-gasperini","17":"tag-inter","18":"tag-kostas-tsimikas","19":"tag-paulo-dybala","20":"tag-rome","21":"tag-uefa-europa-league","22":"tag-wesley-vinicius-franca-lima"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}