Cristiano Ronaldo may have to have another operation on his ankle
Cristiano Ronaldo may face a further three months out if he is forced to have another operation on his injured ankle. Real Madrid have announced that the Portuguese winger has not showed enough improvement to join the first team squad in training and that he has travelled to Amsterdam to see the Dutch ankle specialist Niek van Dijk.
The news comes as a big blow for the player, his club and his country. Real Madrid have struggled without Ronaldo and play Barcelona at the end of the month while Portugal face World Cup qualifying play-off games against Bosnia-Herzegovina on 14 and 18 November.
It is the same ankle that needed an operation in the summer of 2008, when Ronaldo was still at Manchester United. Real Madrid, meanwhile, have won every game the Portuguese winger has played in but have lost against lowly Alcorcón in the Cup and Milan at home in the Champions League in his absence. "The injury is showing no sign of improving," Real Madrid said in a statement.
Real, whose coach Manuel Pellegrini, is under huge pressure after recent results, trail Barcelona by one point at the top of La Liga, face city rivals Atlético Madrid this weekend. Ronaldo injured his ankle in the Champions League game against Marseille on 30 September with the defender Souleymane Diawara later admitting he was "tormented" by the incident.
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