Gourcuff set for ankle op
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ByEurosport
Updated 13/07/2011 at 16:25 GMT
Lyon midfielder Yoann Gourcuff may require an ankle operation that would see him miss the start of the Ligue 1 season.
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The Frenchman is already set to miss a significant amount of his side's pre-season preparations and an operation would rule him out of their opening Ligue 1 and Champions League games.
Gourcuff described his injury to newspaper L'Equipe: "I have a piece of bone which goes into my joint and this has torn some cartilage."
Understandably manager Remi Garde is taking his time in making a decision on the matter. He said: "We are taking all necessary precautions, hoping that we obtain the desired effect.
"The operation is one of the solutions but we're not there yet."
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