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Manchester City confirm Mario Balotelli's knee surgery could keep him out for six weeks
Italian injured knee on debut...
8 Sep 2010 19:34:00
By Harry Veal
Mario Balotelli's hope of making his home debut for Manchester City on Saturday against Blackburn have been dashed after the club confirmed that he will undergo knee surgery that will keep him out of action for "up to six weeks".
The striker picked up the injury in City’s Europa League win over FC Timisoara on August 19, a game in which Balotelli scored just 15 minutes after coming off the bench.
With key Premier League games against Chelsea and Arsenal coming up for City, the club had hoped that surgery wouldn’t be needed to solve the problem, but they have now confirmed that it was the only option.
“It was hoped that the symptoms would settle down but once Balotelli began to step up his recovery programme this week, it became clear that action would need to be taken,” read a statement on the club’s official website.
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The striker picked up the injury in City’s Europa League win over FC Timisoara on August 19, a game in which Balotelli scored just 15 minutes after coming off the bench.
With key Premier League games against Chelsea and Arsenal coming up for City, the club had hoped that surgery wouldn’t be needed to solve the problem, but they have now confirmed that it was the only option.
“It was hoped that the symptoms would settle down but once Balotelli began to step up his recovery programme this week, it became clear that action would need to be taken,” read a statement on the club’s official website.
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