Exclusive: Zlatan Ibrahimovic will play on for ‘many years’ says Hong Kong surgeon who saved Manchester United star’s knee
Dr Freddie Fu says the Swedish striker is one of the top athletes he’s ever laid hands on – and confirms the player is in such good shape he wants to do research on him
In his first interview since he and colleague Volker Musahl successfully performed surgery to repair the striker’s anterior cruciate ligament, Dr Freddie Fu Ho-keung said the 35-year-old was in magnificent physical condition and would make a full recovery.
“I can’t discuss too many details, I don’t want to get in trouble with Manchester United,” said Fu, chairman of the department of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre.
“But I can tell you he’s in superb shape in all things. Healthy morphology, the quality of the bone and muscle, everything is as good as you can possibly see.
“He’s one of the top athletes I’ve ever touched, he is in superb shape.”