The right-back of the leader club of the English "Premier" League from the Netherlands Arjen Robben will not be able to play for about a month and a half due to two broken foot bones. The Dutchman suffered the injury last week in a Premier League match with .
"Six weeks is the average time period for the injury to heal," the footballer said. "Then I will need a few more weeks to fully recover. I felt that the injury would be serious, but due to swelling it was impossible to diagnose it accurately."
The 21-year-old footballer missed the first three months of the season due to the same injury suffered in pre-season matches with "Roma". Due to the repeated injury, A.Robben will miss the "Carling" Cup final with , several matches in the Premier League, and likely both legs of the intriguing UEFA Champions League quarterfinal clash with .