{
  "id": 7839606,
  "title": "Leverkusen's top recruit Doué ruled out for weeks with calf injury",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/leverkusens-top-recruit-doue-ruled-out-for-weeks-with-calf-injury",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T18:03:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/leverkusens-top-recruit-dou-ruled-180328911.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bayer Leverkusen's top August recruit Guéla Doué will be sidelined for several weeks due to a calf muscle injury. The 23-year-old Ivory Coast defender sustained the injury during a training session just before the club's Europa League match against Slovenian champions NK Celje. Medical scans confirmed the diagnosis. The young defender, son of French football star Desiré Doué, was Leverkusen's most expensive signing during the previous transfer window.",
  "summary": "Bayer Leverkusen will have to do without their top August signing Guéla Doué for weeks after he suffered a muscle injury in his right calf during a training session, the club said on Wednesday. The Ivory Coast defender picked up the injury ahead of Leverkusen's Europa League game with Slovenian champions NK Celje.",
  "key_points": [
    "Guéla Doué, 23, injured in training",
    "Calf muscle injury sidelines for weeks",
    "Signed as Leverkusen's top August recruit"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}