Cristiano Ronaldo’s recovery timetable is now set at a minimum of 12 weeks after undergoing ankle surgery in Amsterdam last week.

The Footballer of the Year has had quite an interesting last couple of months with winning the Premiership Title, Champions League, 2008 Euro’s and the ongoing Real Madrid saga (which for the record he’s said the is no agreement with the La Liga Champions).

If you think about the amount of games Ronaldo has played since last summer (not just for club, but for country as well), it’s surprising that his body hasn’t broken down earlier. Yeah, he took his sweet time getting back to Manchester United about setting a date (three weeks after Portugal’s 3-2 loss to Germany) for his surgery, but the kid deserved to relax with family, friends and his woman after all the self-inflicted drama he put himself through when he decided not to acknowledge the Real Madrid link.

I still don’t agree though with the “Modern day slavery” description that he and Sepp Blatter are playing, especially after Blatter was against the idea of the Andy Webster ruling.

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