Falcao's injury is very serious- Hiddink

Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink says Radamel Falcao’s last
injury is "very serious" and has refused to put a date on
when the striker may return to action.

The Colombia international has struggled to make any
impact at Stamford Bridge this season, scoring just once for
the Blues, and is currently sidelined with a recurrence of a
thigh problem.

Former club Monaco had wanted Falcao to return from his
loan spell, a move which fell through due to his injury
problems and when asked if he had played his last game for
the club Hiddink was unsure but admitted it was a bad
injury.

"There are still many months to go, so that's too far," he told
reporters. "We're almost at the end of January, then
February, normally six, seven, eight weeks with serious
damage. It's very serious.

"It's a pity for him because he's very eager to come back.

That's a bit of the problem -- he was so eager the previous
time and wanted to prove himself maybe a little bit too
much to me, and then he fell into this injury again.

"If you've been one of the star players in Europe scoring
many, many goals and then you have these [injury
problems] at the age in which you want to perform in your
career, it must be very hard for him."

Hiddink also revealed that while he was reluctant to put a
date on when Falcao would be fit, he would not rush the 29-
year-old back.

"The medical staff and physical staff will bring him to me
when he is recovered, and we haven't set a time on that," he
added.

"We'll give him time to recover because he's always
dropping back into physical problems. Normally I like to put
a little pressure on [the medical staff] to have the player
available, but in this case I'll step back and let them deliver
a fit player to me."