LIVERPOOL star Luis Suarez’s participation at the
World Cup “is not ruled out”, the Uruguayan Football Association said
after the striker underwent knee surgery yesterday.
In the first official statement to come out of the Uruguayan camp after news leaked that Suarez would require an operation, the AUF indicated that the player had “suffered an intense pain in his left knee” in training on Wednesday morning.
It was therefore decided that he should undergo “arthroscopic surgery to repair meniscus damage”.
The statement added that “no other damage to the knee was spotted” but the AUF pointed out that the 27-year-old took a knock to the same knee playing for Liverpool against Newcastle United on the final day of the English Premier League season on May 11.
Suarez’s mother Sandra Diaz told local media that he would be released from hospital around lunchtime yesterday.
He now faces a race against time to be ready for Uruguay’s World Cup campaign, which begins in little over three weeks against Costa Rica in Fortaleza.
The AUF’s statement confirmed an earlier report by top television journalist Martin Charquero, who wrote on Twitter that Suarez had “felt pain in training” before an MRI scan detected a meniscus problem.
Suarez was the top scorer in the Premier League in the season just finished with 31 goals and won both the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and the English Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year prizes.
His club Liverpool will therefore be keeping a close eye on developments.
Experts said it could take anything from two to six weeks to recover from the keyhole surgery, but the AUF is remaining optimistic.
News of the injury generated widespread reaction on Twitter, with the former president of the AUF, Sebastian Bauza, writing: “STRENGTH LUIS!! Everyone in Uruguay is confident that you will recover!!!”
Uruguay, the 2011 Copa America winner, is hoping to be able to pair Suarez with Paris Saint-Germain’s Edinson Cavani in attack as it prepares to also come up against England and Italy in Group D.
In the first official statement to come out of the Uruguayan camp after news leaked that Suarez would require an operation, the AUF indicated that the player had “suffered an intense pain in his left knee” in training on Wednesday morning.
It was therefore decided that he should undergo “arthroscopic surgery to repair meniscus damage”.
The statement added that “no other damage to the knee was spotted” but the AUF pointed out that the 27-year-old took a knock to the same knee playing for Liverpool against Newcastle United on the final day of the English Premier League season on May 11.
Suarez’s mother Sandra Diaz told local media that he would be released from hospital around lunchtime yesterday.
He now faces a race against time to be ready for Uruguay’s World Cup campaign, which begins in little over three weeks against Costa Rica in Fortaleza.
The AUF’s statement confirmed an earlier report by top television journalist Martin Charquero, who wrote on Twitter that Suarez had “felt pain in training” before an MRI scan detected a meniscus problem.
Suarez was the top scorer in the Premier League in the season just finished with 31 goals and won both the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and the English Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year prizes.
His club Liverpool will therefore be keeping a close eye on developments.
Experts said it could take anything from two to six weeks to recover from the keyhole surgery, but the AUF is remaining optimistic.
News of the injury generated widespread reaction on Twitter, with the former president of the AUF, Sebastian Bauza, writing: “STRENGTH LUIS!! Everyone in Uruguay is confident that you will recover!!!”
Uruguay, the 2011 Copa America winner, is hoping to be able to pair Suarez with Paris Saint-Germain’s Edinson Cavani in attack as it prepares to also come up against England and Italy in Group D.
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