AMSTERDAM – Stoke City handyman Geoff Cameron will be on the shelf for an undetermined length of time after undergoing hernia surgery on Wednesday afternoon.
The 29-year-old US international was forced to miss last week's US friendly win in the Czech Republic after being pulled 38 minutes into his season debut at the club level, a 3-0 Capital One Cup victory over Portsmouth on Aug. 27. Various English reports are suggesting that Cameron will be out for at least two weeks, but the club has yet to issue a return target.
"It's been troubling him for a while, so the time has come for an operation," Potters assistant manager Mark Bowen explained to a local daily, The Sentinel. "He started feeling it last season, then obviously went to the World Cup and came back to us still feeling a bit sore. These things tend to manifest themselves over a period of months, and now the time has come. It's difficult to say how long we will lose him for."
Stoke sit in 10th place in the Premier League through three rounds, with their next match set for Saturday against guests Leicester City. It seems likely Cameron will also be sidelined for next weekend's trip to Queens Park Rangers and their Capital One Cup visit from Jozy Altidore and Sunderland on Sept. 23.
