Joe Roberts’ broken collarbone will not impact his hopes of a MotꦅoGP ride for 2025, his manag🌠er insists.

America’s best hope to become a future MotoGP rider sufౠfered a big higཧhside at Assen on Friday.

Despite turning up to the garage and emphatically ripping away a ‘get well soo🐻n’ message, rules prohibꦗited Roberts from competing in the rest of the round.

But, his manager John Hopkins has revealed that two teams - one more than🤡 previously presumed - are in talks for Roberts’ signature.

“We are sཧpeaking to a couple of teams right now,” Hopkins told TNT Sports.

“There are a couple of teams interested in Joe.

“One in particular, literally at lunch [on Friday], that went ꦛextremely well.”

Those two teams are not expected to be pꦬut off by his broken collarbone.

“Injuries are injuries, not s﷽omething that can be technically be blamed on a rider,” Hopkins said.

“I don’t think 🐼it’s going to affect that too much🌃. We are still pushing for that MotoGP ride.

“But most importantly꧅ we want him to win the championship.

“He’s focused on the present. I’m focused on his future. We’re doing the best we can. I💧 can’t give any full upd🃏ates yet. But we’re working hard on it…”

The team most seriously linked to Roberts ha♛ve been Trackhouse, the Apriliaജ satellite project whose rebrand this year means they are now US-owned.

Trackhouse ar🥀e yet to confirm any riders for 2025.

First words out of his mouth were ‘I’m going to f***** race'

Hopkins detailed Roberts’ surgery: “I was with Joe all night and all [Saturday] morning. He had a plate and screws put into his rightꦉ collarbone.

“It’s such a shame, he was on fire. He’d only d🌼one 🐼two laps on soft tyres before that.

“It was just a tiny slide. Nothing he hasn💮’t had before. It just let go a little too much, combined with the wind, it was a bad impact, he came down awkwardly. That’s racing.”

Roberts bullishly hoped to race 48 hours later but rules prevented tha🍌t ambition.

“Honestly, Joe is a racer,” Hopkins said.

“The first ꦗwords out 𓂃of his mouth were ‘I’m going to f***** race tomorrow’.

“Obviously there is a 48-hour ban from general anaesthesia until y🍎ou can race♔, which is a good thing.

“But immediately, I said ‘let’s concentrate on Sachsenring’. He has every intention of coming back at Sℱachsenring, and riding as well as he canꦉ.”

The round in Germany next week could realistically see the injured Roberts r🐬eturn to action.

“I think he can be in the points,” Hopkins said.

“He’s got to rest and physio it tဣhis week. Get as much strength as he can.

“Luckily it wasn't a bad break. It wꦜ🎶asn’t severed, it wasn’t fully displaced. It was fractured bad but not fully displaced.”

Roberts is third in the Moto2 standings after Assen, 23 points behind lea𝕴der Sergio Garcia🥂.