Real Madrid target Ronaldo ruled out for three months after ankle surgery

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Cristiano Ronaldo will definitely be out of action for at least three months, the Portuguese national team physiotherapist has said.

The Manchester United winger, the subject of a bitter transfer wrangle between the Premier League club and Spanish suitors Real Madrid, underwent surgery on his right ankle last Monday.

Portugal physiotherapist Antonio Gaspar has now confirmed the playmaker will not return to action before October.

Gaspar said: 'We are going to use everything that is possible to us and that will help him recover as quickly as possible.

'But Cristiano Ronaldo will not be in an optimum state for the competition
until 12 weeks are up.

'He is working very well and he is optimistic.

'These first four weeks he will do the rehabilitation work in my clinic. After the first month, the Manchester United doctors will carry out another exam.'

Gaspar added: 'I want it to be made very clear that I am only involved with Ronaldo's recuperation and that I am in permanent contact with the medical department at Manchester United, with the Dutchman Niek van Dijk and with Henrique Jones.

'Any other information or the medical aspect about his injury are only and exclusively the concerns of Manchester United.'

The news of Ronaldo's three month lay-off came amid reports over the weekend suggesting United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had pulled out of a planned showdown with the player in Lisbon.