Eminence of sports medicine. The Messi of traumatology in soccer. The N ° 1 of the arthroscopic surgeons in the world. Thus, in those various complimentary ways, he is often mentioned to Ramón Cugat, this prestigious 69-year-old Spanish doctor who between Thursday and Friday will surely intervene in Sergio Aguero, who before the Burnley suffered the rupture of the external meniscus of the left knee according to the resonance carried out this Tuesday in Manchester. The Argentine striker was injured in England and yet he will travel to Barcelona to remain in the hands of Cugat, as other footballers from different leagues around the world do. In fact, this week, This specialist will intervene another Argentinean: Mateo Musacchio, defender of Milan, who will travel from Italy to undergo arthroscopy in his left ankle.
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Kun places his trust in a doctor he already knows. Cugat also took over the arthroscopy that Agüero underwent 57 days after the start of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. At that time it was a meniscus repair of the same knee, although somewhat milder, that required three weeks of rehabilitation. “If you have surgery you will have no problem playing the World Cup,” Cugat assured him when Agüero came to visit him.
Known in the world of medicine, Cugat enjoys great prestige. In that it coincides Jorge Batista, prestigious sports traumatologist and surgeon and man linked to Boca. “I know Ramón, he is a world reference. He has operated on many footballers not only in Europe but in Spain. I have a great relationship with him and the players who consult him are in the best hands”, he told Olé.
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Cugat, a personal friend of Pep Guardiola, is often associated with the Catalan club because over the years he has operated on several footballers who have passed through the culé team: Xavi, Carles Puyol, Samuel Eto’o, Luis Enrique and even Gabriel Milito himself. In addition, he has intervened in Argentine soccer players as he recently did with Ramiro Funes Mori. And several have passed through his office like Pablo Aimar, Fernando Gago and Mauro Zárate, among others. As soon as he arrives in Barcelona, Agüero will undergo complementary studies, will be reviewed by Cugat’s medical team at the Quirónsalud hospital, and the arthroscopy will surely be performed on Friday. After this intervention, the approximate recovery time will be five to six weeks. Will Kun become available to Pep by August 7, the date scheduled for the resumption of the final stage of the Champions League? Hard. The deadlines are very fair but surely the Argentine will make the attempt.
