Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has had his ACL repair surgery, and can now being his road to recovery through rehab and physio.

The road back starts here.

PSG winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia posted a despairing message on his Instagram after rupturing his ACL a week ago against Barcelona.

After that there is the painful wait for the swelling to go down before the operation can take place. The club today announced that the procedure has been completed successfully.

Now comes a period of rest, then the long lonely road of rehab.

Winger starts long road to return

RMC Sport say it will be a period of 6 to 10 months, but it doesn’t really matter which it is. Barring a miracle, he won’t play again this season, and even if he’s able to, it probably wouldn’t be a wise decision. The focus now will be on getting him fit for next season, and learning how to cope without him this year.

We’d back Kvara to return stronger than ever. He had to battle his way to the top of the game from relative obscurity – recovering from an injury will be light work for him.

Others in the squad will step up in his place and have their own chance to impress.

In other news…

PSG manager Luis Enrique is not admitting that injuries are going to affect his team or their chances of winning everything this season.

Luis Enrique has denied PSG are going to sign a player in January to make up for the loss of Khvicha Kvarastkhelia.

The PSG Barcelona game last week broke TV records for a Champions League game in this phase.