Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla hopes to return to action in January after undergoing eight operations in the space of a year following severe right ankle injury complications.
Cazorla, 32, has not played since Oct. 19, 2016, and was initially expected to return from a right ankle injury three weeks later.
However, he underwent three surgeries in a three-month span and doctors in England were pessimistic regarding the player's recovery.
"I don't have a spot until January but my intention is to return by then," Cazorla told Marca. "I never listened to those that said that I would only be able to play football with my children, I have plenty of football left in me."
He shared a photograph of the state of his right ankle following the effects of the numerous operations and it appeared on Marca's front page.
A skin graft from his left arm was required to cover the wound, meaning part of a tattoo is now on his foot.
"If you manage to walk with your son again in the garden, be satisfied," Cazorla said he was told.
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