{"id":5668,"date":"2026-05-15T20:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5668"},"modified":"2026-05-15T20:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:06:56","slug":"matthijs-de-ligt-issues-emotional-statement-after-not-playing-for-five-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5668","title":{"rendered":"Matthijs de Ligt issues emotional statement after not playing for five months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>He has opened up on his injury.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Matthijs de Ligt has provided an update on his fitness amid not featuring for Manchester United in five months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>A Red Devils regular before his injury, the Dutchman was hopeful to play at the World Cup, however has now since confirmed that that is unattainable. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Featuring 13 times in the Premier League before his injury, De Ligt was a prominent part of United&#8217;s first-half of the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Now, he has broken his silence, after undergoing treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/predictor.joemediagroup.ie\/pl?competition=premier-league\" width=\"100%\" height=\"1900\" frameborder=\"0\" data-embed-type=\"embed\" data-embed-src=\"https:\/\/predictor.joemediagroup.ie\/pl?competition=premier-league\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Taking to Instagram, he addressed United and Oranje fans, confirming that his will miss the World Cup, though he is on the road to recovery:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u2018After 6 months of treatment and working hard to get back, surgery was the only option left. I\u2019m disappointed i couldn\u2019t help the team the last 6 months and obviously missing out on World Cup but I\u2019m looking forward to doing everything to get back in front of the fans and feeling better again!&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Wishing him a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Matthijs #Ligt #issues #emotional #statement #playing #months<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He has opened up on his injury. Matthijs de Ligt has provided an update on his fitness amid not featuring for Manchester United in five months. A Red Devils regular before his injury, the Dutchman was hopeful to play at the World Cup, however has now since confirmed that that is unattainable. Featuring 13 times [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3539,1644,5792,5791,695,3506,1783],"class_list":{"0":"post-5668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-emotional","9":"tag-issues","10":"tag-ligt","11":"tag-matthijs","12":"tag-months","13":"tag-playing","14":"tag-statement"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}