PSG: Kvaratskhelia to have right knee surgery in Doha early this week

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s operation now has a place and a window: Doha, early this week. According to L’Équipe, whose report was picked up on Saturday morning by Foot Mercato and So Foot, the Georgian winger will have surgery on his right knee in the Qatari capital. The exact day has not surfaced.

Surgery agreed, season compromised

The anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee ruptured on Tuesday, in PSG’s 4-2 Champions League win over Barcelona, after a collision with Xavi Espart. Foot Mercato reports the procedure will take place at the Aspetar clinic; So Foot only mentions Qatar. On what follows, both reach the same verdict: a season strongly compromised, and Foot Mercato writes the Georgian should not play again this season.

Luis Enrique had already moved on

Luis Enrique settled the question at his Friday press conference: no replacement signing in January, internal solutions. The operation formalises an absence the club had planned around once the rupture was confirmed. The schedule leaves no choice: PSG host Lyon at the Parc des Princes on Monday, then travel to Le Havre on Friday.

The operation changes nothing about Monday’s bet

The market had priced the absence long before the Doha announcement: the bet in our PSG-Lyon preview was placed on Thursday, with Kvaratskhelia already among the four absentees, alongside Dembélé, Marquinhos and Nuno Mendes. Lyon +1.5 at 1.84 with 1xbet, a 1.75-unit stake ($175), remains the bet for this fixture. Lyon’s price has already moved, from 7.60 at the opening to 6.88 with the same bookmaker. PSG remain favourites at 1.47. The Doha announcement adds nothing: the injury has been in the odds since Tuesday. 18+. Only bet what you can afford to lose.