KCB skipper Michael Mutinda underwent a successful surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee and is expected to be out for the rest of the season, the club confirmed on Friday evening.Mutinda suffered the season-ending injury in the dying minutes of a midweek FKF Premier League clash against Tusker FC on Wednesday 26 April at the Ruaraka Grounds and will now miss the team’s last five games of the current season.🚨Injury News Skipper Michael Mutinda underwent a successful surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee. We pray for his quick recovery and hope he comes back even stronger. #Believe #LionHearted 🦁 pic.twitter.com/evWfT59K0K— KCB Football Club (@KCBFootball) May 12, 2023 “Skipper Michael Mutinda underwent a successful surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee,” KCB FC posted on their social media accounts. “We pray for his quick recovery and hope he comes back even stronger.”The injury occurred in the dying minutes of added time as Mutinda appeared to land awkwardly after contesting a header from a late KCB corner from the left hand side.The defensive midfielder remained on the turf seeming to be in deep pain, and action was paused for a while before he was stretchered off the field with a knee brace wrapped round the left knee.KCB’s Michael Mutinda feared out for the rest of the season“It’s very sad for such a player because he was injured due to the uneven surface of the pitch,” a frustrated KCB head coach Zedekiah Otieno said of Mutinda’s injury at Ruaraka. “I don’t think this is the right place to play games at the top level.“It is very unfair because for us we are selling our players as the product of the league but the surface that they are playing in is not kept up to the required standards.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7252320##Tusker’s home turf – Ruaraka Grounds – was among the stadiums banned by Stadia Safety and Security Committee of KPL in 2018 for falling short of standards befitting Kenya’s topflight.The ban, together with that of Chemelil Complex was however lifted in 2019 to host top-tier matches.Mutinda in June 2021 suffered a separate injury to his knee in the national team camp having secured his maiden call up for Harambee Stars’ clash against Comoros in the 2021 AFCON qualifiers.KCB are fifth on the FKFPL log and will play Sofapaka FC on Monday afternoon at the Kasarani Annex Grounds.
