AS Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman will be out for an extended period after knee surgery on Friday revealed further complications.
Strootman underwent surgery last March to reconstruct a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and was sidelined for nine months.
The Netherland international, 24, was initially expected to be sidelined for not less than a month with Cyclops Syndrome, a condition which can cause pain and swelling to individuals who have undergone cruciate ligament surgery.
Kevin Strootman Could Be Out for More Than Four Weeks. Image: AFP.
But following “successful” surgery on Friday, Strootman wrote on his Twitter wall that he may be set for longer period on the sidelines.
He wrote: “The scar tissue from my previous operation has been removed successfully today. Unfortunately some cartilaginous damage, caused by the knock in the Fiorentina match, was found too.
“This means I have to take a longer rest period than anticipated earlier and I am extremely disappointed that it will take much longer before I can be back on the pitch again.”
Strootman has made just six appearances this season. Second-placed Roma trail Italian Serie A leaders Juventus by seven points. They are through to the Coppa Italia quarter-finals and play Feyenoord in the last 32 of the Uefa Europa Leeague next month.
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