Premier League - Successful surgery for Jagielka

Eurosport - Thu, 30 Apr 18:15:00 2009

Phil Jagielka's knee operation has been declared a success as the Everton defender comes to terms with missing the FA Cup final.

FOOTBALL 2008-09 Premier League Everton defender Phil Jagielka after rupturing ACL against Manchester City - 0

The 26 year-old underwent surgery in London to repair the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament he suffered in the defeat by Manchester City last weekend, when he collapsed with no opponent near him.

The injury has ended the England international's season and therefore ruled him out of the Cup final showdown with Chelsea at Wembley on May 30.

Jagielka admitted that he "cried and cried and cried" when he realised that the greatest moment of his club career had been snatched from him.

And he received support from club-mate Mikel Arteta, the Basque midfielder having suffered a similar injury earlier in the season which has also ended his campaign.

Arteta telephoned the former Sheffield United defender to wish him well earlier in the week.

Jagielka said: "Mikel rang me and it was nice to speak to him.

"He was there at Wembley for our semi-final win over Manchester United to see us get through, but he was obviously gutted that he wouldn't be there in the team for the final.

"Now I'm in the same boat, so it's nice that I've got someone going through a similar situation. He is obviously a month or two ahead of me (with his rehabilitation) so he can help me and guide me along the way when I'm feeling down."

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  1. THATS A SHAME I WISH HE LOST HIS LEG!

    From Frosty, on Fri 1 May 1:15PM

  2. Glad to see Phil Jagielka's surgery succesful. He­ is a fine player certainly top 3 in the UK. Hope he­ will be back playing soon.

    From a life long Liverpool­ supporter

    From Walking quiet, on Fri 1 May 6:22AM

  3. jagielka is 1 of the best defenders and most underrated­ stars of he prem. im surpriesd he isn't the number­ 1 defender 4 england. hes been consistent for everton­ up until now and his work rate isfantastic. he is also­ very noble as he is hardly ever mentioned in the press­ for his great performances. its twats like ronaldo and­ drogba who get all the bloody credit when they get­ nudged and go rolling over every single time. i wish­ some1 would break their legs 4 real. that would shut­ the arrogant twats up

    From patrickruddy100, on Thu 30 Apr 9:11PM
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    WAT SART A FACKED OPP NEEM AS JAGGYELKAY ONYWAY?

    From donneysbeck, on Thu 30 Apr 7:28PM
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    THON BYE AN THA PACTURE LACKS AS AF HE'S AN A BAT A­ PEEN.

    From donneysbeck, on Thu 30 Apr 7:27PM

  6. listen jags did is job burying that pen to out fiddling­ man utd jags is a blade and always will be i watched­ him fors years at bramall lane he was too good for us­ and he,s to good for everton easily there best player­ overall watch out terry and ferdinand capello prefers­ hardworking pros who are not wrapped up in them selves­ get ready the superstars out of england team ie­ owen,beckham,lampard in comes jags,young and lennon­ please man utd lose every throphy ronaldo break ur legs­ giggs off to man city goodluck the blades against­ palace fiddle that game warnock

    From the blade, on Thu 30 Apr 7:00PM

  7. EVERTON will miss JAGS but will do there best to win­ the cup for all our injured players hurry back soon­ boys best of luck to you all.

    From mervynhughes301, on Thu 30 Apr 6:57PM
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    Karma! He shouldn't of been there because of the­ pen (that should of been) given anyway!

    From d.papas, on Tue 28 Apr 4:10AM

  9. good luck jags....

    From FaHMiE GrEAt, on Tue 28 Apr 3:55AM

  10. first Arteta and now loosing Jag is going to hurt­ Everton in the FA cup.

    From starman_123, on Tue 28 Apr 3:10AM
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    Single, separated, widowed, divorced? Whatever status­ you are, you should be lonely like

    me in the past two­ months Join ____ k is s mill ion ai r es c om ___

    From Cherry L, on Mon 27 Apr 11:55PM

  12. Sad about Jagielka but I think Everton has the­ resilience and team spirit to overcome his loss.­ However, the final against Chelsea will be one of the­ most formidable tasks Everton has ever faced and it­ will take some luck and endurance to succeed. Everton­ has done amazing well this season considering its many­ absences but the game against Man City did prove that a­ small squad suffers badly when faced with many games­ and especially when the recent opponents were Man­ United and Chelsea.

    From WILLIAM, on Mon 27 Apr 5:55PM
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