FRANCE: FRENCH SURGEON GERARD SAILLANT SAYS HE IS OPTIMISTIC BRAZILIAN SOCCER STRIKER RONALDO WILL PLAY AGAIN AFTER KNEE INJURY

Record ID: 979129

  • Title: FRANCE: FRENCH SURGEON GERARD SAILLANT SAYS HE IS OPTIMISTIC BRAZILIAN SOCCER STRIKER RONALDO WILL PLAY AGAIN AFTER KNEE INJURY
  • Date: 15th April 2000
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (APRIL 14, 2000) 1. EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL DE LA SALPETRIERE 2. (SOUNDBITE) (French) DOCTOR GERARD SAILLANT SAYING: No one, regardless of his position, can possible say with any certainty at this point whether he'll play again or not and if it will be with 100 percent fitness. We only have opinions and I think they are more or less favorable, without knowing anything for sure, that it will be long, that it will be difficult and, well you've seen the press release, he won't be starting in 2000 and he'll need seven or eight months before being able to play again at all. He will need re-education with an extremely important medical aspect, a re-training of effort and a renewed approach to soccer. It was a mixture of circumstances. Just look at the replay pictures, it was his third move and he was just hitting the ground and it was just at this moment that it all went loose. It could have happened in a month or six months or it could have happened during his first or second move. 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) PROFESSOR PIERO VOLPI, INTER MILAN'S DOCTOR, SAYING: A couple of days ago we were able to affirm the perfect equilibrium of his muscular force in both legs. With objectivity we really thought he was ready to begin playing again. 4. (SOUNDBITE) (French) DOCTOR GERARD SAILLANT SAYING: "The operation consisted of reattaching the tendon and of re-enforcing the neighboring tissues to make the whole thing thicker, more solid because, as I told you earlier, there appears to be a small point of weakness in this area." 5. NEWS CONFERENCE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th April 2000 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
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