Galliani confident of Cassano’s return from surgery but not sure of the duration: Serie A news
A.C Milan Vice-President, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Cassano-c6302, will play again for the club despite having to undergo a heart surgery.
Cassano recently suffered an ischemic stroke on the way back to Milan after his team’s 3-2 triumph over A.S http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603. The Italian international has been hospitalised for the past few days and after conducting several tests, the doctors
have diagnosed him with a heart problem. The striker has a small hole in his heart and will require a minor surgery.
The former Sampdoria star will undergo a heart surgery in the next few days and there were concerns whether he will be able to play again or not. However, Galliani is confident that the talismanic striker will return to the first-team
after recovering from the surgery. The 67-year-old believes that the recovery could take as long as 4-6 months and the doctors will decide on his condition.
The chief insisted that the striker is shattered after being ruled out of the game for so long but he has assured him that he will be able to get back his place when he returns.
“His career is not at risk. He’ll need a few months to recover, but he’ll probably have to wait between four and six months to get clearance to play. It’ll be the doctors who decide. All I know for sure is that he is missing football
a lot, but I’ve told Cassano that we’ll keep his place warm.”
“The boy is well. He has this small heart problem, but you’ve all seen the media release. He has this small hole, but he’ll now have surgery that will close it. It will then be up to the Italian Football Federation to decide when
he can return.”
Galliani admitted that everyone was really worried with the condition of the striker at the time when the problem took place. However, he insisted that everyone is relieved to hear that the problem is not serious and will not affect
the player’s career a lot.
Cassano is one of the two Milan players who have played in all of their nine league matches thus far.
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