Ronaldo to have knee operation: doctor
6/7/2006 15:00
Real Madrid and Brazil striker Ronaldo is to have a knee operation over
the close-season in order to get fit for the new campaign, Brazil team doctor
Jose Luis Runco said yesterday.
The 29-year-old has suffered pains in his
knee over tha past eight months owing to calcification of the tibia and surgical
scarring on his left knee.
Runco said that the striker, who scored three
times at the World Cup to become the all-time tournament leading scorer despite
Brazil's exit to France in the quarter-finals, had complained of pain at times
during the event.
"He said now the event was over he would use the break to
have surgery as he's had to put up with it for eight months," Runco said.
"If
it is what I think it is, it will involve swift surgery and he will be ready for
the new season," said Runco, who added Ronaldo would also consult Real's medical
staff.
Xinhua
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