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Portugal to call up Ronaldo for play-off

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 07, 2009

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• Latest medical reports say Ronaldo will be out for three weeks
• Queiroz wants forward to help - 'even if only for a few minutes'

Carlos Queiroz intends to call up Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal's upcoming World Cup play-offs against Bosnia-Herzegovina, despite the latest medical reports from Real Madrid saying the forward will be out of action for at least two more weeks with his ankle injury. Ronaldo has missed Madrid's last seven matches after suffering an injury to his right ankle during the Champions League win over Marseille on 30 September, and then aggravating it while while playing for Portugal in their World Cup qualifier against Hungary on 10 October.

The world's most expensive player met with Dutch specialist Professor Niek van Dijk in Amsterdam on Thursday after tests conducted by Madrid the day before revealed that no improvement had been made on Ronaldo's injury since undergoing an MRI scan last week.

Van Dijk, who operated on the 24-year-old's right ankle in the summer of 2008, advised Ronaldo to continue his treatment before returning for a fre

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