The striker will be out of the pitch “for several months”

   MADRID, 30 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Borussia Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller will have to undergo chemotherapy treatment after he was diagnosed with a testicular tumor that turned out to be malignant, meaning he will be out for “several months”.

“Sebastien Haller will be absent for several months at Borussia Dortmund. Medical examinations revealed a malignant testicular tumor. Haller therefore has to undergo chemotherapy treatment,” the club announced in a statement.

The sporting director of the German team, Sebastian Kehl, assured that the striker “will receive the best possible treatment”. “The chances of recovery are very good. We wish him and his family a lot of strength and optimism and our thoughts are with him during this difficult time,” he said in statements published on the Dortmund website collected by Europa Press.

From the club they asked the media and fans to “understand” that “no medical details about Sebastien Haller’s treatment beyond the information mentioned will be published in the coming months.”

Haller, who landed at Borussia Dortmund this summer from Ajax Amsterdam, was diagnosed earlier this month with a testicular tumour, which medical tests have now revealed to be malignant, after undergoing surgery to remove it.