Carragher faces three month layoff
Reuters - Tuesday 30 November 2010, 11:41
LONDON - Liverpool defender Jamie
Carragher faces a three month layoff after surgery on a
dislocated shoulder later this week, the Premier League club
said on Tuesday.
Manager Roy Hodgson, already without injured captain Steven
Gerrard, said at the weekend that the player would be out for
several weeks.
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The 32-year-old former England centre-back, who was injured
in Sunday's 2-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane,
told the Liverpool website of his
disappointment after a scan.
"I'll be having surgery at the end of the week," said
Carragher, who was making his 450th appearance in the Premier
League.
"The average (time out) is about 12 weeks. I'd like to come
back before that but I've got to make sure it's right. It will
probably be late February or early March when I'm looking to
come back."
"It's difficult for me when I'm injured. It hasn't happened
very often, and I'm very lucky with that I suppose, but maybe
it's caught up with me a little bit now.
"I've been here before with a broken leg which put me out
this length of time. It's not easy but you've got to get on with
it and it makes you more determined to get back.
"I'm sure towards the end of the season when people are
maybe feeling a little bit tired I'll be raring to go."