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Kluivert ruled out for eight weeks
 Kluivert has been plagued with injuries since joining Valencia MADRID, Spain -- Valencia striker Patrick Kluivert will be out for at least eight weeks after having surgery on his right knee, the club said on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Dutch international, who had the operation in his native country, complained of pain in his knee after a 2-2 with Real Zaragoza at the end of January. Kluivert has been plagued with injuries since joining Valencia from Newcastle in June. His move to the Primera Liga club was delayed while he recovered from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and he has since suffered a succession of muscular and joint problems. Kluivert has only played 190 minutes of league football this season. Maldini doubtfulAC Milan captain Paolo Maldini is doubtful for next week's Champions League match against Bayern Munich after failing to recover from tendonitis in his lower leg. The 37-year-old defender, who missed the early part of the season with a muscle strain and has not played since Milan's last Champions League fixture against Schalke 04 at the beginning of December, was expected to return to the team against Reggina on Sunday. Instead, he failed to make the bench and the club is now refusing to give any idea when he will come back. "I'll have to check the situation morning by morning but right now it's not good," the former Italy international was quoted as saying in La Gazzetta dello Sport on Tuesday. "It's still giving me pain and I'm only able to do things at 80 per cent. To play against Bayern I would need to be at 100 per cent." 
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