Former Roma doctor Mario Brozzi sees ‘no way out’ for Kevin Strootman after his injury, and speculates the player's surgery 'did not go perfectly'.
The Dutch midfielder suffered ligament damage a year ago, requiring surgery that kept him out of the World Cup and most of the first half of the Giallorossi’s season.
Former Roma doctor Mario Brozzi sees ‘no way out’ for Kevin Strootman after his injury, and speculates the player's surgery 'did not go perfectly'.
The Dutch midfielder suffered ligament damage a year ago, requiring surgery that kept him out of the World Cup and most of the first half of the Giallorossi’s season.
A follow-up issue on the joint forced the 25-year-old into surgery in January and, with no recovery date in place, one former club doctor has offered a pessimistic analysis.
“My impression is that the surgery on Strootman's ligament did not go perfectly,” Brozzi has told La Partita Perfetta on Gold TV.
“I don't know what happened to his knee, but his Cyclops syndrome results from a problem in the ligament's position.
“The cartilaginous damage is determined by the extensive deficit.
“Now, if this is the situation, I see no way out.
“But it's not up to me to say whether further surgery is needed.
“When I was in Rome, the only surgery we performed outside Trigoria was for [former striker Vincenzo] Montella, who went to Switzerland.”
Strootman's operation was performed in Holland, a fact which Brozzi interpreted as a bad omen.
“When everybody starts going away, it means that nobody's going to be cured anymore.”