Drogba to rejoin squad

Jun 08, 2010 - Geneva |

Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is due to rejoin his team-mates at their training camp in the Swiss Alps on Monday following surgery on his broken forearm, the Ivorian football federation said.
Doctors operated on the fracture at a hospital in the Swiss capital Bern on Saturday, after the Chelsea player was hurt during the Ivorians’ 2-0 win over Japan in a friendly the day before.
The federation said on its website that Drogba — who was pictured with his right forearm and elbow in a sling and clad in a plaster cast — “will this Monday rejoin the Ivorian delegation at its base at the Golf Hotel above Saanenmoeser.”
The federation said that the first results of the operation had been “extremely encouraging” and that there were high hopes that he would recover swiftly.

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Dutch wait on Robben
The Hague, June 7: Dutch winger Arjen Robben will be given more time to recover from a hamstring injury by coach Bert van Marwijk it was announced on Sunday by the Dutch Football Federation (KNVB).
Robben injured his left hamstring in the 87th minute of the Netherlands’ 6-1 friendly win over Hungary in Amsterdam on Saturday, having earlier scored two goals in a 40-minute second-half cameo.
The Bayern Munich star — named Bundesliga player of the season — underwent medical examinations on Sunday in Rotterdam and it was deemed that the injury was not as serious as first feared and he would join the squad later this week.
“Therefore for the time being, I will not replace Arjen. I want to give him all opportunities to associate with our squad later in the tournament,” said van Marwijk. — AFP

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