Bundesliga - Krstajic undergoes arm surgery

Eurosport - Tue, 20 May 14:43:00 2008

Schalke defender Mladen Krstajic has undergone an operation on an arm injury he sustained almost two years ago.

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The 34-year-old Serbian had metal plates inserted into his left arm after breaking it during the 2006 World Cup.

Now that the Bundesliga season has finished, the plates have been taken out.

"Everything went well and the wound will heal in 10 to 12 days," Schalke club doctor Bernd Brexendorf told the club's website.

"This incision wll not affect him in pre-season at all."

Schalke finished the season in third place in the Bundesliga, thereby securing a place in the qualifying rounds of next season's Champions League.

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