Djibril Cisse could be back playing in a Liverpool shirt by
early November
after the surgeon who carried out last night's operation on the
striker's broken leg insisted the surgery had been a complete
success.
Djibril Cisse could be back playing in a Liverpool shirt by early
November after the surgeon who carried out last night's operation
on the striker's broken leg insisted the surgery had been a
complete success.
While there were fears in the immediate aftermath of the
horrific-looking injury that Cisse may not play again this year,
Liverpool Club Doctor Mark Waller tonight stressed that the staff
at Melwood expect to see Djibril back at the training ground in a
matter of months.
Waller, who was in constant contact with the medical team dealing
with the player in France both during the early hours of Thursday
morning and also throughout the whole of today, told
liverpoolfc.tv: "The latest news we've had is extremely positive.
He's had the operation done and everything has gone in a very
straightforward fashion.
"The fracture has been repaired with some metalwork in his leg in a
similar way to what he had when he broke the other leg in 2004.
This fracture is not as severe as the previous one.
"The last time he broke his leg, it took him just 164 days to
recover completely - which was just over five months - but this
time we're expecting him to recover even quicker. When we talk
about him being back, we mean back playing first team
football.
"He'll be flying back to England on Monday and we would expect to
see him back training at Melwood in around four months. His
recovery last time was so quick because Djibril himself remained
positive and worked really hard and obviously he had appropriate
management throughout the recovery process.
"Knowing Djibril, he'll show the same willingness to fight back
from this new injury and I wouldn't be surprised to seeing him
playing as early as November."
