Luis Suarez is in a fight to face England at the World Cup after having surgery on a knee injury on Thursday. The Liverpool striker’s participation in Brazil was thrown into doubt when he was hurt during a training session with Uruguay in the capital Montevideo on Thursday morning. Initial fears were that he could be sidelined for months rather than weeks. Uruguay wasted no time sending Suarez for an operation and he had the procedure late in the afternoon. Stricken: Suarez had to be wheeled out of hospital on Thursday night after his operation . In the spotlight: The Liverpool striker is mobbed by fans as he leaves the hospital . Shock: The news of Suarez's injury came as a big surprise on Thursday morning . Swarm: A large crowd gather around Suarez as he leaves hospital in Montevideo after being operated on . Transport: Journalists, photographers and fans surround the ambulance carrying Suarez . Hordes of media and fans were gathered . outside the Medica Uruguaya hospital as a hooded Suarez was escorted . through in a wheelchair. Uruguay . team doctor Alberto Pan is due to hold a press conference on Friday when he . will provide an update on the injury and the success of the operation. Liverpool . have been kept informed and are confident the treatment he is receiving . is correct. There are no plans to send any club medical staff out to . oversee his rehabilitation. Although . it is unlikely he will be ready to face Costa Rica in Uruguay’s Group D . opener in Fortaleza on June 14, it is hoped he could face England in . Sao Paulo five days later. A . Uruguay Football Association statement said: ‘Luis Suarez after the . normal warm-up felt an intense pain in his left knee. An MRI scan . confirmed partial lesion of the external meniscus. ‘He had an arthroscopy with a partial resection of the meniscus. His participation in the World Cup is not ruled out.’ Familiar face: Suarez is still a chance to play against his Liverpool team-mates when Uruguay take on England . Media scrum: Press wait outside the hospital where Suarez was being treated on Thursday . The scene: A view of the facade of the Medica Uruguaya hospital where Suarez was operated on . It . was also claimed Suarez suffered the injury in the final game of the . season, when he was tackled by Newcastle’s Paul Dummett. That led . Uruguay fans to send online death threats to Dummett, who was sent off . for the challenge but later had the decision rescinded. Suarez . is upbeat about his prospects and before entering hospital told El Pais . newspaper: ‘Take it easy because I’m going to make it (to the World . Cup) and will work very hard these days to be at 100 per cent and help . out my team-mates.’ Such . is Suarez’s importance to Uruguay that local reporters even contacted . his mother for a diagnosis. She informed them: ‘Everything went well. What Luis had wasn’t as serious as we thought. He’s going to play in the . World Cup.’ Year to remember: Suarez scored an incredible 31 goals in 33 Premier League games last season . The thought . of missing out on Brazil would leave Suarez distraught and Brendan . Rodgers once gave an insight into the 27-year-old’s character, saying: . ‘He’d play football all week, all day and night, if he could. He is a . worker, a grafter and lives for football.’ Had . Suarez suffered medial ligament damage, as was initially feared, he . would have been looking at a lay-off of up to 16 weeks. That would have . made him a doubt for the start of the new Premier League campaign. Former . Liverpool striker Fernando Torres suffered meniscus damage during a . Europa League game in April 2010 before the World Cup in South Africa. He managed to get himself fit within seven weeks but, arguably, the rush of getting himself back into contention took its toll.
Suarez had surgery on a knee injury at a hospital in Montevideo on Thursday .
The Liverpool striker was hurt during a training session .
It is hoped Suarez will be ready to face England on June 19 .
Luis Suarez is in a fight to face England at the World Cup after having surgery on a knee injury on Thursday. The Liverpool striker’s participation in Brazil was thrown into doubt when he was hurt during a training session with Uruguay in the capital Montevideo on Thursday morning. Initial fears were that he could be sidelined for months rather than weeks. Uruguay wasted no time sending Suarez for an operation and he had the procedure late in the afternoon. Stricken: Suarez had to be wheeled out of hospital on Thursday night after his operation . In the spotlight: The Liverpool striker is mobbed by fans as he leaves the hospital . Shock: The news of Suarez's injury came as a big surprise on Thursday morning . Swarm: A large crowd gather around Suarez as he leaves hospital in Montevideo after being operated on . Transport: Journalists, photographers and fans surround the ambulance carrying Suarez . Hordes of media and fans were gathered . outside the Medica Uruguaya hospital as a hooded Suarez was escorted . through in a wheelchair. Uruguay . team doctor Alberto Pan is due to hold a press conference on Friday when he . will provide an update on the injury and the success of the operation. Liverpool . have been kept informed and are confident the treatment he is receiving . is correct. There are no plans to send any club medical staff out to . oversee his rehabilitation. Although . it is unlikely he will be ready to face Costa Rica in Uruguay’s Group D . opener in Fortaleza on June 14, it is hoped he could face England in . Sao Paulo five days later. A . Uruguay Football Association statement said: ‘Luis Suarez after the . normal warm-up felt an intense pain in his left knee. An MRI scan . confirmed partial lesion of the external meniscus. ‘He had an arthroscopy with a partial resection of the meniscus. His participation in the World Cup is not ruled out.’ Familiar face: Suarez is still a chance to play against his Liverpool team-mates when Uruguay take on England . Media scrum: Press wait outside the hospital where Suarez was being treated on Thursday . The scene: A view of the facade of the Medica Uruguaya hospital where Suarez was operated on . It . was also claimed Suarez suffered the injury in the final game of the . season, when he was tackled by Newcastle’s Paul Dummett. That led . Uruguay fans to send online death threats to Dummett, who was sent off . for the challenge but later had the decision rescinded. Suarez . is upbeat about his prospects and before entering hospital told El Pais . newspaper: ‘Take it easy because I’m going to make it (to the World . Cup) and will work very hard these days to be at 100 per cent and help . out my team-mates.’ Such . is Suarez’s importance to Uruguay that local reporters even contacted . his mother for a diagnosis. She informed them: ‘Everything went well. What Luis had wasn’t as serious as we thought. He’s going to play in the . World Cup.’ Year to remember: Suarez scored an incredible 31 goals in 33 Premier League games last season . The thought . of missing out on Brazil would leave Suarez distraught and Brendan . Rodgers once gave an insight into the 27-year-old’s character, saying: . ‘He’d play football all week, all day and night, if he could. He is a . worker, a grafter and lives for football.’ Had . Suarez suffered medial ligament damage, as was initially feared, he . would have been looking at a lay-off of up to 16 weeks. That would have . made him a doubt for the start of the new Premier League campaign. Former . Liverpool striker Fernando Torres suffered meniscus damage during a . Europa League game in April 2010 before the World Cup in South Africa. He managed to get himself fit within seven weeks but, arguably, the rush of getting himself back into contention took its toll.
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