Jermaine Jones' injuries woes have gone from bad to worse.
After feeling pain in his surgically-repaired leg, and sitting for three more weeks with the hope of having the pain subside, Jones has now undergone another surgery. This time he had the metal plate in his leg removed, a procedure that will sideline him for at least six more weeks, German newspaper Bild reported on Wednesday..
Jones had surgery on Tuesday to remove the plate inserted in late June to heal a shin fracture, but the plate was causing pain that halted two attempts to return to practice with Schalke 04. Now he is out for at lest six weeks, meaning he will miss most of the rest of the year for Schalke 04 and will now have no chance of joining the U.S. national team during any potential November matches.
"He wants to continue with the Yanks to South Africa, but that is currently far away," Schalke 04 manager Felix Magath said of Jones.
What do you think of this latest development? Starting to worry about his career? Wondering if you will ever see him in a USA uniform? Still holding out hope that he will be ready by the 2010 World Cup (assuming the United States qualifies)?
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