Robin van Persie Set To Use Placenta Fluid To Aid Arsenal Return

Dutch forward does not want to be sidelined for long...

16-Nov-2009 11:35:15 PM

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Arsenal striker Robin van Persie wants to be back in action as quickly as possible after suffering an ankle injury playing for the Netherlands at the weekend, and will travel to Serbia to undergo radical treatment involving massage from a placenta.
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The forward has damaged ligaments in his left ankle and his club have confirmed that they expect him to be out for six weeks.

The player wants to be back before then though, and is prepared to try unorthodox methods in order to speed his recovery.

"I will fly to the Balkans to meet with a female doctor who helped [PSV Eindhoven midfielder] Danko Lazovic," he told Dutch television programme Studio Voetbal.

"She is vague about her methods but I know she massages you using fluid from a placenta.

"I am going to try. It cannot hurt and, if it helps, it helps.

"I have been in contact with Arsenal physiotherapists and they have let me do it."

Van Persie holds no hard feelings about the tackle from Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini that caused the injury, and admits that it could have been much more serious.

"A scan showed that my ankle ligament was almost completely torn off where Chiellini caught me but it was not intentional," he added.

"I was lucky, it could be worse."

Zack Wilson, Goal.com UK

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