Judi Online - Daniel Sturridge faces a SIX month lay-off following complex surgery intended to cure a chronic hip problem.
But Liverpool
still believe that is the best possible outcome for the striker...
because it means they have finally got to the bottom of his endless
injury problems.
England star Sturridge
went under the knife in New York on Tuesday. A procedure that lasted
four hours saw one of the top specialists in the United States undertake
exploratory and remedial work in the hip joint.
That
operation was so intrusive that the 25-year-old now requires a minimum
of four months rest and recuperation before he can even consider returning to training.
And
with a period of around six weeks required to complete the usual
'pre-season' fitness programme to allow him to return to first team
action, then the forward is facing the best part of SIX months before he
can kick a ball in anger again.
That would mean Liverpool are
without their number one striker until October at the earliest, and the
news will come as a bitter blow to fans already reeling from Thursday's
news that Manchester United have beaten them to PSV Eindhoven star Memphis Depay.
Bandar Bola - But sources both within the club and close to the Sturridge camp
claim they are delighted with the way the operation has gone... because
it uncovered some serious issues that may be related to the muscle
problems that ruined the player's 2014-15 season.
Sturridge has started just seven league games this year, after being struck down with thigh, calf, thigh again and then hip problems and been branded a 'sicknote' in some quarters.
Yet
the surgeon – Dr Bryan T Kelly, who is a renowned hip specialist and is
team physician for the NFL's New York Giants and MLS's New York Red
Bulls – discovered what he believes is a link to all the related injuries when he performed the arthroscopic procedure at the Big Apple's Hospital for Special Surgery.
While it is a devastating blow in the short term, given the problems
the Reds have had in scoring
goals this season and the struggle they
will face to sign strikers in the summer, the club believes it will be
worth it in the long term if it cures Sturridge's injury issues.
Dr
Kelly has explained he believes the success of the operation will allow
the player to be free from pain and restriction in the muscles related
to the hip, which will largely cure his frustrating injury woes.
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