Gordon could miss start of season
Sunderland’s Craig Gordon could be forced to sit out the start of the 2011/2012 Premier League season after undergoing a compulsory knee operation.
The 28-year-old, who travelled to Sweden to undergo an operation carried out by knee specialist Professor Hakan Alfredson, may take up to six months to make a full return to fitness and, as a result, will probably be forced to sit out his country’s upcoming Euro 2012 qualifiers, with Scotland scheduled to come up against Czech Republic and Lithuania in early September before encountering Spain in mid-October.
While the goalkeeper’s latest injury problem will of course come as a massive blow to club and country, it is obviously most disappointing for the man involved, with Gordon enduring a truly miserable season up at Sunderland. Gordon, shortly after he broke into the Black Cats first eleven, found himself sidelined by a broken arm before second choice Simon Mignolet emerged to become the first choice. In fact, the shot-stopper has made just 15 appearances this term for the relegation-threatened club, with the last coming way back in February.
Gordon did previously make clear in the media that surgery, in his eyes, was a last resort for his persistent knee problems, but the goalkeeper would seem to have been overruled by current Sunderland manager Steve Bruce, who stated that club officials were left with no other practical option but to opt for the surgical route to recovery for a man still in the relatively early stages of his career.
Should Gordon go on to bounce back successfully over the summer and make a return to first team action for Sunderland prior to the hectic Christmas period in the league, Sunderland could yet reap the rewards of having at their disposal a man who, although without much game time under his belt, is hungry to prove himself all over again at a club that, it’s worth remembering, previously made him their record signing.
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