Former Roma doctor Mario Brozzi feels that surgery carried out on Kevin Strootman's cruciate knee ligament was not performed correctly last year.
At the start of last year Strootman injured his knee and as a result missed the remainder of the 2013/14 Serie A campaign along with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Netherlands international Strootman, who has been consistently linked with Manchester United, returned to action for Roma in November, but hurt his knee last month and was forced to have surgery on cartilage damage. As a result the Dutchman will not play again this season.
Brozzi feels that Strootman is paying the price for less than perfect surgery on his original cruciate knee ligament injury, something he feels caused something known as cyclops syndrome.
The former Roma doctor told La Partita Perfetta: "My impression is that the surgery on his ligament was not performed perfectly.
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"I do not know exactly what happened to his knee, but his cyclops syndrome is caused by a problem in the ligaments", Brozzi continued, before suggesting Strootman may need to go under the knife once again to fix his issue.
"Cartilaginous damage is caused by a large deficit and therefore I see no way out of this situation – although it is not for me to determine if more operations are required."
The midfielder has endured a injury plagued time, but is still rated highly by Roma, who have time and again this season vowed not to sell him to Manchester United.
Strootman is now working overtime in a bid to be fit to start the 2015/16 campaign with the Giallorossi.
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