Former England captain David Beckham was in “good spirits” and will be up on crutches on Tuesday aftter surgery to fix a ruptured Achilles tendon, his surgeon said.
“The patient is doing well and is in good spirits,” orthopedic surgeon Sakari Orava said over telephone. “Today, we will practice walking with crutches.”
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The midfielder flew to the Finnish city of Turku in a private plane on Monday for an operation at the sports injury clinic of Mehilaeinen hospital. Orava said Beckham's leg would be in a cast for three-to-four months and in a support for around the same time.
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