Antonio Rudiger Shows Class With Touching Message for Injured Real Sociedad Forward Umar Sadiq

• There has been a message of support from Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger for Nigeria striker Umar Sadiq
• Sadiq Umar suffered a terrible injury to his right knee during Real Sociedad’s game against La Liga rivals Getafe over the weekend
• Barely two weeks after signing for Real Sociedad from Almeria, the 25-year-old Nigerian international is now set to miss the whole season

Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger has sent a heartwarming message of support to Real Sociedad forward Umar Sadiq.

Sadiq has been diagnosed with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that will keep him out until the end of the season..

The Nigerian forward was in action for his new club Real Sociedad in their 2-1 defeat at Getafe on Sunday but was unable to complete the first half of the encounter due to injury.

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It will certainly be a blow to the 25-year-old, following an impressive debut for Espanyol where he scored against Atletico Madrid.

He has now been ruled out of the whole season, CDK Media reports.

There have been messages of support for the former Almeria striker after he suffered the career-threatening injury.

His former teammate, Rudiger, who he played with at AS Roma between 2015 and 2017, has not been left out.

The Real Madrid defender took to Instagram to express his get well soon wish.

"Stay strong my brother. Almighty knows why ❤️☝ Come back stronger" Rudiger wrote.

Umar Sadiq made just 6 appearances for AS Roma, scoring 2 goals. He earned his first call-up to the Super Eagles for the 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin and Lesotho.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Umar Sadiq has signed a four-year deal for Spanish La Liga side Real Sociedad.

Sociedad became interested in the Nigerian international after Alexander Isaq left the club to join English Premier League side Newcastle United for a club-record fee of €70m.

The 25-year-old joined for a fee of €20m + €5m add-ons to become Nigeria's eighth-joint most-expensive player alongside ex-Chelsea star John Mikel Obi.