Sondre Tronstad undergoes ACL surgical procedure

Blackburn Rovers have confirmed that midfielder Sondre Tronstad has undergone ACL surgical procedure and can miss the rest of the 2025/26 season.

Blackburn Rovers midfielder Sondre Tronstad was compelled off throughout his facet’s Championship sport towards Bristol Metropolis final month, lacking the next sport towards Derby County fully.

Now, the membership has confirmed in a press release that Tronstad will miss the remainder of this season. He’s undergone knee surgical procedure after struggling a partial tear to his ACL, and the membership confirms that he’s now set to start ‘a prolonged restoration interval’.

Tronstad, 30, joined Blackburn Rovers in 2023 and has since made 11 whole appearances for the membership, together with 30 within the Championship this season.

Will Blackburn Rovers hand Sondre Tronstad a brand new contract?

Tronstad sees his three-year contract expire this summer season. There was beforehand no information on a potential renewal although followers thought it probably given his significance within the facet. Now, although, whether or not he’ll land a brand new contract appears very unclear.

Usually, golf equipment hand one-year contracts to gamers in Tronstad’s scenario, to permit them to coach and rehabilitate on the membership following severe accidents. However count on Blackburn Rovers beneath Michael O’Neill to battle towards relegation after which decide on the participant.

On condition that O’Neill has solely simply arrived on the membership, seeing Tronstad in simply two-and-a-half video games, it could be unlikely that he decides handy Tronstad a brand new deal, ought to he keep on as supervisor.

Earlier experiences revealed that Blackburn Rovers had been taking a look at Stevenage midfielder Dan Phillips as a possible inheritor to Tronstad within the coronary heart of midfield. There’s additionally numerous uncertainty surrounding Todd Cantwell’s Blackburn Rovers future with the midfielder attracting curiosity from former membership Rangers amongst others.

Blackburn Rovers’ subsequent 5 fixtures

Thus far beneath O’Neill, Blackburn Rovers have gained two and misplaced two. They now sit 4 factors above the drop zone however with Leicester Metropolis now beneath Gary Rowett and West Brom beneath James Morrison till the summer season, Rovers will certainly be afraid of these two big-hitters discovering kind within the closing months of the season.

Subsequent, Blackburn Rovers host fellow relegation rivals Portsmouth in an enormous sport at Ewood Park this weekend. Then it’s a visit to twenty third place Oxford United earlier than video games towards promotion hopefuls Millwall, Middlesbrough after which Birmingham Metropolis firstly of April.

There are some robust video games arising however some winnable ones too for Rovers. Going into them with out Tronstad will likely be troublesome, because the final sport towards Derby County confirmed.

Rovers’ sport towards Portsmouth on Saturday kicks off at 12:30pm and will likely be accessible to look at stay on Sky Sports activities.