Source: Team_Talk
Ward season cut short by knee surgery
Wolves midfielder Stephen Ward will miss the final two games of the season after undergoing an exploratory knee operation.[LNB] Ward underwent surgery in September but has been feeling some discomfort in the same area of his knee in recent weeks.[LNB]He has therefore gone under the knife again and is now unlikely to join up with a Republic of Ireland training camp in Dublin next month after receiving the first call-up from his country.[LNB]Ward had made his first start since mid-March against Blackburn last weekend and set up the goal for Sylvan Ebanks-Blake which secured a 1-1 draw and Premier League survival.[LNB]But he will not be available for the trip to Portsmouth on Saturday and the final match at home to Sunderland.[LNB]Wolves boss Mick McCarthy said: "Wardy has had an operation. It's something that needed to be done as he's been struggling with the problem for a while."[LNB]Ward added: "This has been troubling me all season and has got to be done.[LNB]"There was talk about maybe delaying the operation so I could join up with Ireland, but the specialist said to carry on could make it worse.[LNB]"I've also got to be back for pre-season and so the extra couple of weeks before the end of the season will help.[LNB]"It's disappointing not to be joining up with Ireland but hopefully I'll get another chance when I'm fit again.[LNB]"There's no point risking any further damage. The swelling's still quite bad so they need to go in and clean it up."
