Former Roma doctor on Kevin Strootman's injury problems: Surgery 'did not go perfectly'

Kevin Strootman's footballing career appears to be in jeopardy.

In conversation with Gold TV, former Roma doctor Mario Brozzi expressed genuine concern over Strootman's injury problems and suggested that the midfielder's future could be complicated by knee surgery that did not go as planned.

"My impression is that the surgery on Strootman's ligament did not go perfectly," Brozzi said, according to The Guardian. "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."

Strootman, who is consistently connected with a move to Manchester United, admitted in February that surgery had revealed worse-than-expected damage to his knee. However, Brozzi's words obviously provide more cause for concern given his assertion that there may be no way out if the 25-year-old's worst fears are realized.