Injured Suarez Out of World Cup?

[Jose Jones]

Bad times.  Hopefully he can get sorted before the tournament.

[Red Dawn]

This is the start of it. I expect Luis, Stevie, Sturridge, Sterling, Hendo, Mingolet, Sakho & Toure all to come back crocked. Johnson will probably be ok though.

[DanDanShaw]

This is the start of it. I expect Luis, Stevie, Sturridge, Sterling, Hendo, Mingolet, Sakho & Toure all to come back crocked. Johnson will probably be ok though.

 

Johnson will miss all of next season with a broken heart after Phil Jones misses the tournament due to shit house AIDs, so Flano gets drafted in from the back-up squad, only to replace Johnson after he has a shocking first game.

 

ALL HAIL FLANO.

[Fugitive]

I've had that surgery done before. I was back on my feet within days and over it completely within in 3 weeks. I'm assuming some cartilage has torn and is now inside the joint.

 

I reckon he will be alright by the time the first game comes around.

[Redder Lurtz]

I've had that surgery done before. I was back on my feet within days and over it completely within in 3 weeks. I'm assuming some cartilage has torn and is now inside the joint.

 

I reckon he will be alright by the time the first game comes around.

 

Don't be coming round here with your contextual knowledge on the subject. I only expect to read hysterical reactions on here about him being forced back into the national squad at gunpoint as he climbs off the operating table. And other things that haven't happened or that nobody knows anything about.

[satmann]

If its a tear taken away he will back in 2 weeks. If its a stich job looking at 3 months.

[Section_31]

Bad as it sounds I wouldn't be too upset if he missed out, he'll be the undoubted star of the tournament and the billy big bollocks owner brigade will be lining up the buy their prize boy. That's how footy works now.

[Stickman]

I'd be quite happy for him to miss the first few weeks of the season as opposed to him not playing any games for us due to the fact Madrid have bought him.

[TheHowieLama]

He is tough as nails - not worried. 

[dennis tooth]

I blame Roy Hodgson's training methods.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Uruguay are the new England when it comes to our players

[Xherdan]

News report from Uruguayan FA saying he will be fit for the world cup, so perhaps not as major as anticipated, or, just as anticipated and they are rushing back their star player, thus ending his career in the process.  

[xerxes]

I've had that surgery done before. I was back on my feet within days and over it completely within in 3 weeks.

How did your World Cup campaign go afterwards?

[Megadrive Man]

Could be a Michael Owen 2006 world cup case scenario.... 

[alles ist gut]

I've had that surgery done before. I was back on my feet within days and over it completely within in 3 weeks. I'm assuming some cartilage has torn and is now inside the joint.

I reckon he will be alright by the time the first game comes around.

  

How did your World Cup campaign go afterwards?

It was flawless lad, you've never seen tiddlywinks like it.

[Newport]

It's a minor knee injury. Nothing to worry about. For him it's probably just like changing the oil on a car.

[Fugitive]

How did your World Cup campaign go afterwards?

Got beat by Sudan in the quarters.

 

Oh look, the Uraguay FA and Suarez seem to be confirming what I said.

[sir roger]

I hope Luis really is OK as I have no doubt that with a country desperate for him to play the Uruguayan manager will throw him on the pitch at whatever cost to Luis' health.

 

Not exactly luminaries I admit, but both Dummett & Heskey have both said they had similar ops & both said it was a lot longer than 3/4 weeks to recover.

[No2]

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/10984370/portrait-serial-winner-luis-suarez-soccer-most-beautiful-player

[Tossed and blown]

Time for the science bit.....

 

If it is a small meniscal tear he will be over it very soon and there will be very little morbidity, the larger the tear the longer it will take and potentially cause him to miss at least the start, as he will have more muscle atrophy and the rehab will be longer.

 

The bigger picture though is the risk of cranial cruciate damage.  The meniscus protects the cruciate and vice versa; if there is a large piece of cartilage removed it can make the cruciate more at risk of damage in the future.  They will certainly check on the cruciate at the time of the arthroscopy.

 

Somebody mentioned stitching the meniscus.....there is no way they would attempt a repair as the rehab for a professional athlete is very long winded and afaik it doesn't work anyway.