(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-11-06 13:44

ROME - Inter Milan's veteran midfielder Luis Figo will undergo surgery Tuesday on a fractured fibula suffered in his club's 1-1 draw with Juventus at the weekend.

Inter Milan's veteran midfielder Luis Figo, seen here November 4, 2007, will undergo surgery Tuesday on a fractured fibula suffered in his club's 1-1 draw with Juventus at the weekend. [Agencies]

Figo's injury comes at a bad time for Inter who are already without the services of defender Marco Materazzi and midfielders Patrick Vieira and Dejan Stankovic.

The former Portugal international suffered the leg injury in a clash with Juventus' Pavel Nedved on Sunday, his 35th birthday.

Inter reported in a statement on Monday: "Luis Figo underwent a series of medical tests today to determine the extent of the injury which forced him out of the match against Juventus."

The Italian league leaders, who face CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Wednesday, added that doctors had detected a multiple fracture of his fibula on his right leg.

"On Tuesday he will have an operation to stabilise the fracture," the statement confirmed without specifying how long they expected the 2002 Ballon d'Or to be unavailable.