Van Nistelrooy out for 6-9 Months

[Adi]

Terrible news for Ruud.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is set to miss the rest of the Primera Liga season due to a knee injury, Real Madrid have confirmed.

Van Nistelrooy travelled to the United States this week to see specialist Dr Richard Steadman about his injured right knee and, after undergoing an exploratory arthroscopic operation to determine the extent of the problem, it has been decided the Dutchman will now need surgery.

Madrid said in a statement on their website: ''The estimated time he will be out is from six to nine months, depending on the recovery.''

The knee is the same one that Steadman operated on in 2000 when Van Nistelrooy suffered ligament damage while at PSV Eindhoven.

The 32-year-old Van Nistelrooy had been hoping the latest problem would only keep him sidelined for a couple of months at most, but today's confirmation that he will need surgery means he will now almost certainly miss the remainder of the season.

The Madrid statement confirmed: ''Following an exploratory arthroscopic operation on Wednesday, it was determined that Ruud van Nistelrooy had a partially torn meniscus in his right knee.

''Real Madrid's medical staff, Dr Steadman and the player decided to surgically repair the damaged knee.''

Van Nistelrooy's most recent appearance for Madrid came in last week's 2-0 home defeat to Juventus in the Champions League, when he was substituted nine minutes from the end.

He is already 32, making it harder to bounce back from such an injury. I wonder who Madrid will sign in the January transfer window. Somebody good has to come in if they want to remain at the top of La Liga.

There are also rumors flying around that Schuster will be sacked if he doesn't win this weekend. Oh, the pressure of being a Madrid coach.

[Andy]

I heard about this on Sky Sports News, bad luck for Madrid,

but 32 years old?

Never knew he was that old, I thought maybe 28 or something

[Sule]

yea i feel bad for him seeing as he is possibly one of the last great goal sniffers of all-time

he was just so good at making 2 goals from 2 chances

hope he can recover and I actually want him to have 1 final stellar season as top goal scorer in any league

[moby]

not good for him

could jeperdise his carrer at Madrid. unless he bounces back quich i see him at another club

[Sander]

and who needs to replace van nistelrooij? if vennegoor of hesseling or huntelaar would replace him, real would have almost the whole dutch attack :pimp:

[a;sdlfkjas;df]

He is already 32, making it harder to bounce back from such an injury

to be fair, he shouldn't have come back from the first.  if he's looking to bounce back, he picked one of the best places to do it

he spent euro 2000 in vail at steadman's clinic.  interesting tidbit:  that's where kobe had his bitch problems

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there were no problems, just sex

[a;sdlfkjas;df]

i don't think he raped the girl, but extramarital sex can pose its own, very distinct, problems  :thumbsup:

thankfully, women can be bought