Leverkusen hope for speedy recovery after Belocian's "minor" ankle surgery | OneFootball

French youth international Jeanuel Belocian in action for Leverkusen as a left-back in the opening round Pokal fixture against Carl-Zeiss Jena. The 19-year-old turned in a decent performance in the role, also looking solid as a left wingback in the DFL Supercup. Photo: Ronny Hartmann, Getty Images

On Thursday, Bundesliga champions Bayer 04 Leverkusen confirmed that French defender/wingback Jeanuel Belocian underwent "minor ankle surgery" yesterday. After Amine Adli's leg procedure last week, Belocian became the second Leverkusen professional to go under the knife in the last eight days.

Werkself trainer Xabi Alonso spoke on the matter briefly at his Thursday pre-match presser, noting that it remained unknown how long the teenage talent would be out. It can be assumed that Belocian will miss the next three fixtures heading into the November international break.

Given just three starts and six appearances overall this season, Belocian hadn't exactly cracked Xabi's squad just yet. There would have nevertheless been opportunities for the French youth international in the coming games as he did impress in Alejandro Grimaldo's normal role in this year's DFL Supercup.

“We have to wait for the reaction of the surgery and then we will see how quickly he recovers," Xabi said on Thursday, "We decided that this would be the right time for a [surgical] intervention."