Football
Reuters 17y

Soccer-Lennon in doubt for England after knee surgery

LONDON, Aug 9 - Tottenham Hotspur winger Aaron
Lennon could miss England's Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel
and Russia next month after having surgery on a knee injury.

Spurs manager Martin Jol said on Thursday that the winger
will not resume training until the end of August having already
missed the London club's pre-season preparations.

"Aaron had a small tear in his knee and had an operation on
the outside of his cartilage," Jol told reporters.

"We knew he would be out for three months and he has already
been out for eight weeks. Hopefully he will be back in training
at the end of August.

"He had no reaction and is moving on now and doing
conditioning work with the coaches."

Lennon will miss the start of the Premier League season when
Spurs visit promoted Sunderland on Saturday and matches against
Everton, Derby County and champions Manchester United.

He will have only a week to prove his fitness before England
host Israel on Sept. 8 and Russia four days later in Group E,
where they are fourth, three points adrift of leaders Croatia
and the Israelis and one behind the Russians.

Central defender and captain John Terry is also a doubt for
England with damaged knee ligaments.

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