As Zlatan Ibrahimovic vows to come back, meet the Hong Kong knee surgeon Manchester United hope can save his career
Pittsburgh-based Freddie Fu is one of the world’s leading experts on knee ligament reconstructions
Manchester United superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic insisted his career was not over on Sunday – and a Hong Kong surgeon looks set to be tasked with saving his knee.
The Swedish striker suffered serious knee ligament damage against Anderlecht in the Europa League on Thursday.
According to reports in England, he will now fly to the United States for an operation under Freddie Fu Hou-koeng, chairman of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Ibrahimovic posted a picture of his knee on Instagram with a defiant message to those who had suggested the 35-year-old’s career was over.
“First of all, thank you for all the support and love,” read his message.
“I will go through this like everything else and come back even stronger. So far I played with one leg so it shouldn’t be any problem.