Shanghai Shenhua striker, Obafemi Martins, has undergone a successful surgery on his ruptured quadriceps tendon in the United Kingdom.
Martins, who had hoped for a possible recall to the Super Eagles, injured his tendon during Shenhua’s Asian Champions League game against Kashima Antlers which ended 2-2 in midweek.
A Shanghai Shenhua’s Instagram account posted a picture of Martins’ on the bed with his right leg heavily strapped.
“Martins had a successful surgery in the UK,” the account wrote. The message and photo were also posted on Twitter on Sunday.
Martins will be out for seven months.
The injury rules Martins out of a possible call-up to the Super Eagles for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
