Surgery for Kewell
Liverpool midfielder Harry Kewell has undergone surgery on his troublesome groin injury.
The Australian has struggled with the problem for most of the season and lasted just 23 minutes of last week’s Champions League final against AC Milan.
The 26-year-old had been a surprise selection for the match in Istanbul but manager Rafael Benitez's decision to start him did not pay off.
Kewell told the official club website, www.liverpoolfc.tv: “Wednesday night in Turkey was the highlight of my career and also the worst nightmare of my career, it’s all mixed in two inside my head.
“Rafael Benitez showed a lot of faith in me by picking me from the start because he had other options. It was great for me until the injury.
“I stretched for a ball and my groin snapped. I couldn’t do anything about it. Now it’s not going to be a great summer with all the rehabilitation but it’s been like that for the last six months.
“But if you’d said to me six months ago that I was going to pull my groin in the European Cup final and I would end up with a winners medal I’d have taken that.
“Maybe it’s one of the worst things to have happened to me but it’s still been the perfect end to the season.”
