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Real Madrid hopes of Cristiano Ronaldo making a swift comeback from injury has been dashed with the news that he faces at least another month on the sidelines.

He initially injured his right ankle in Real’s 3-0 Champions League victory over Marseille at the end of September and aggravated the problem while playing for Portugal on October 10.

Early diagnosis of the injury suggested he would be sidelined for between three and four weeks.

Real Madrid have announced that the Portuguese winger has not showed enough improvement to join the first team squad in training and that he has travelled to Amsterdam to see the Dutch ankle specialist Niek van

Dijk. Few details have been made available so far, but the key news is that the 24-year-old will be out for around a month if all goes well in his recovery programme.

Real Madrid released a statement on Wednesday evening, stating that, “there has been no clinical improvement of the bone edema”. If the problem persists, Ronaldo could be forced to have surgery.

Ronaldo, Real’s record signing at 94 million euros, will definitely miss their Madrid derby meeting with city rivals Atletico on Saturday in the Primera Liga. He is Real’s top scorer with five goals in the league and four in the Champions League.

Marca believe that Ronaldo would need another two or three months to fully recover from any operation. This is a serious blow for Real Madrid who has been waiting eagerly
for the return of its star. The Real Madrid team has lost “punch” and speed up front, two elements that have been absent of which has contributed to the teams decline in performance & results.

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