MADRID (AP) — The doctor who recently performed surgery on Kaka’s knee said the Real Madrid forward put his career at risk by playing for Brazil at the World Cup.
Dr. Marc Martens performed the arthroscopic surgery on Kaka’s left knee on Thursday after a routine preseason check by Madrid doctors discovered the problem. The Brazil international player will be sidelined three to four months.
Martens said in Friday editions of Spanish newspaper Marca that Kaka played through the pain in South Africa with a nagging injury that soon became “unbearably painful.”
Martens said Kaka told him the pain came during the knockout stage matches against Chile and the Netherlands.
