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Fiorentina upbeat after Giuseppe Rossi undergoes knee surgery

Fiorentina are confident Giuseppe Rossi will make a full recovery after the striker underwent successful knee surgery last week.

Rossi, who had already undergone two previous operations to reconstruct cruciate ligaments in the same right knee, went under the knife in Colorado to repair a meniscus tear.

The Italy international is expected to be sidelined for at least four months, but Fiorentina team doctor Paolo Manetti is hopeful he will return sooner rather than later.

"The outcome of the surgery was fairly good as the arthroscopy confirmed the stability of the ligament, which had been damaged in January against Livorno,'' Manetti told the club's official website. "It was considered necessary for him to undergo surgery in order to fix the meniscus tear.

"It was a non-invasive operation and will allow the complete recovery of the knee's stability. It could have been a more complex operation, but the specialist repaired the meniscus and did not remove anything.

"We know Giuseppe's character, he was born to play football. The length of the recovery process will be dictated by the specialist -- whether it's four or five months we will only know in future check-ups. For the next six weeks he cannot put any weight on the leg, but after that we will start strengthening the muscles.''

Rossi missed four months of last season with a knee injury before returning to play in May.

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