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16-01-2020 | 20:51 • Football
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Leading surgeon reveals Harry Kane could RETURN to the pitch MUCH LATER than expected
Harry Kane could return to action after 6 months. This is the verdict from Dr Chris Wilson, a leading surgeon in the UK.
Tottenham star got injured during the Premier League match against Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium and has undergone surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in his left hamstring.
Dr Wilson, who has performed this operation 75 times, believes that 3 months is not the real time range for Kane’s return.
Surgeon does not claim that Harry will surely miss 6 months, but insists that the rehabilitation process will take much more time than expected.
“I would expect it to be six months before he could return to action,” he said (via Daily Mail).
“There is a big range of opinion because it is such an uncommon procedure and some surgeons may say quicker.
“If the repair was good and sound, the first six weeks he will be nursing the repair and doing very little.
“Six to 12 weeks, providing everything was OK, he will be doing basic strengthening exercises.
“At three months you would start a normal hamstring rehabilitation that you would do if you got a tear in the middle of the muscle.
“If I was talking to a top-level footballer I would want to manage their expectations and say I wouldn't anticipate them being fit and playing normally in a game for six months following the surgery.
“If it was me I would say aim for getting fit for pre-season training. I am aware in Harry Kane's case they have been saying April or May - I have to say I would be very surprised.”
Meanwhile Tottenham are looking for a new forward in the transfer market to replace Kane. Throughout the past days several names have been mentioned, including Krzysztof Piatek from AC Milan, Edinson Cavani from Paris-Saint Germain and Fernando Llorente from Napoli.
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