Gernot Trauner clarifies knee injury concerns after going under the knife

Gernot Trauner has clarified the extent of his injury after Feyenoordโ€™s statement confirming a โ€œknee problemโ€ will see the player have surgery led to confusion, in an interview with Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung.

Many widely reported the Austrian had suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury but the defender has since gone on record to clarify the surgery was for a meniscus injury on his knee and nothing to do with his ligaments.

He said: โ€œBecause of that wording [in the statement], many thought I might have a serious cruciate ligament injury. The club does not want to go into detail as long as there is no exact diagnosis, but in reality it is a meniscus injury.โ€

Trauner sustained the injury during a training session last Thursday.ย 

โ€œTwo days before Christmas I took a nasty step during training.ย I immediately felt something click.ย I wasnโ€™t really in pain, but we did an MRI scan to be sure.ย Unfortunately, the outcome was that surgery would be the best decision.โ€

When that operation will take place, however, is not yet known.ย 

โ€œWe are still determining that.ย Iโ€™ve been trying to make an appointment for some time,โ€ said the 30-year-old.ย 

โ€œSuch operations were not done around Christmas.ย The club doctor who performs such operations is on vacation.ย Weโ€™re trying to fix it.ย Hopefully it will work before the turn of the year.โ€

โ€œI want to be back on the field within two to three months,โ€ Trauner already looks ahead to his rehabilitation.ย 

โ€œI am convinced that I will continue to play this season.ย I also said that to national coach Ralf Rangnick.ย But it must become clear during the operation what the exact damage is to my meniscus.โ€

GBeNeFNย |ย Tom Phillips

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