Injured Ronaldo sidelined for another week – Real Madrid

Crisitano Ronaldo’s ankle sprain is recovering but the Portuguese international winger will have to undergo further medical tests in a week before the can return to the pitch, Real Madrid said Wednesday.

The announcement means the 94-million-euro signing will likely miss the Spanish giants’s Champions League match at AC Milan on Tuesday.

Real said the 24-year-old underwent an MRI on Wednesday which showed the injury was “healing favourably and that swelling of the bone edema has decreased.”

“Despite this improvement, a minor bone edema has been found in the centre of his right ankle. The player must remain inactive until he undergoes another examination in one week?s time,” it said in a statement posted on its website.

Ronaldo has been injured ever since Real’s 3-0 Champions League win over Marseille at the end of September when he was tackled by the French side’s Senegalese defender Souleymane Diawara.

At the time the club said the player would likely be out for between three and four weeks but Ronaldo aggravated the injury during Portugal’s 3-0 victory over Hungary on October 10 when he limped off the pitch after just 27 minutes.

Real has suffered three losses without Ronaldo, including a 4-0 Cup rout away to third-division club Alcorcon on Tuesday.