Your Web Site
By Mark Ogden Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to undergo an operation on his right ankle early next week after a consultation with a Manchester United-appointed specialist yesterday resulted in the Premier League champions being informed that surgery was required to resolve the player's long-standing injury. The 23-year-old Portugal international, on holiday after Euro 2008, was examined in Portugal yesterday by a specialist flown out by United to assess the damage to the ankle that has proved problematic since March. Its condition has deteriorated with the player's involvement in the Euros. From bad to worse: Cristiano Ronaldo faces a lengthy lay-off United's club doctor, Steve McNally, and his counterpart from the Portuguese Football Federation, met the player in Lisbon on Wednesday in an attempt to resolve the problem that... [read full story]
