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U.S. national team forward Jozy Altidore is set to miss a month of action after having toe-nail surgery, Spanish club Xerez announce on Thursday.
Altidore had yet to make an appearance for the Spanish Second Division leaders, but will now have to wait another month after having a corrective procedure to address a foot ailment that has plagued him for some time.
Altidore's toe nails have given him problems before.
He was benched for a Red Bulls match last year after being forced to miss practice sessions following toe-nail issues associated with a bad pedicure.
The most recent toe-nail issues didn't stop Altidore from scoring four goals in the U.S. national team's last two World Cup qualifiers, including a hat-trick vs. Trinidad & Tobago.
With Altidore expected to miss a month, the surgery should not prevent Altidore from taking part in June's World Cup qualifiers or the Confederations Cup with the U.S. national team.
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Actually, there’s an article on Yanks-Abroad.com that quotes a Xeres official, so it’s not just rumors from discussion forums.
Oh, I’m also sure the ingrown toenail is probably the result from Jozy wearing smaller sized boots for increased touch on the ball.
He got both feet operated? That must have been painful.
http://www.canalazulino.com/noticias/2009-04-17/jozy-altidore-pasa-finalmente-20090417.html
http://xerezcd.com/noticias.php?id=3765
Jozy’s surgery went well.
Since he is not playing anyhow, why not get this operation done.
Does it really matter, it’s not like he’s going to play over there. Toe nail problems? Really? Hell, just bite the things off like me.
How was Xerez better than Everton again?
Posted by: Derek | April 16, 2009 at 04:02 PM
^^^
Spainish team owns his contract and why would they help the English?
So is this gonna make him better?
I’m slightly ill thinking that XEREZ decided Jozy should have surgery, and that he was operated on there.
But hopefully that’s just my innate suspicion of everything kicking in and it’ll be fine…
Believe the loan ends at the end of the season. Doesn’t really matter because his agent will have him out of there after the final whistle of ’08-’09.
Hope he comes back soon.