Though subsequent clinical evaluations cleared him of an ACL rupture, Süle explained on the Spielmacher podcast that the emotional toll of the incident was the final straw. He described a moment of profound distress following the initial injury, noting that the relief of a cleaner MRI scan only served to solidify his choice to avoid the grueling cycle of further rehabilitation.
“In that moment, I really thought: ‘It’s torn’,” he added. “When I went for the MRI the next day and received the good news [that it was not a cruciate ligament tear], it was 1,000% clear to me that it was over.”
