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Aston Villa are optimistic defender Wilfred Bouma will return in four to six months after a successful operation on his dislocated right ankle.

The 30-year-old suffered the injury in Villa’s Intertoto Cup victory over Odense BK on Saturday.

Bouma had an operation on Sunday, during which the ankle was reset and a plate inserted to stabilise the area.

“The operation went very well. Freddie is in good spirits,” manager Martin O’Neill told Villa’s website.

“Everybody is very optimistic he will make a rapid recovery.

“It was a bad injury but with the level of treatment he has had and the post-operative prognosis we’ve been given, we’re all hoping to see him back, perhaps sooner than everyone expected on Saturday night.”

The injury happened in the first 15 minutes of the match against Danish side Odense at Villa Park.

Bouma’s team-mates looked on in shock as the left-back underwent treatment before being replaced by Gareth Barry.

The Dutchman was taken to hospital where an X-ray showed his right ankle was dislocated rather than broken - and Villa boss O’Neill initially feared the worst.

“I am a bit squeamish and the pictures were not so good,” said O’Neill after Villa’s 1-0 win, which gave the Midlands club a 3-2 aggregate victory and a place in the final qualifying round of the Uefa Cup.

Bouma joined Villa from PSV Eindhoven for £3.5m in August 2005 and O’Neill added: “It’s terrible news because he played every single game last season. He was fantastic but he’ll come through it.”

Ref From bbc.co.uk

Rosenborg booked their place in the second qualifying round of the Uefa Cup with a 2-0 win over NAC Breda in the Intertoto Cup.

Trailing 1-0 from the first leg in Holland, Rosenborg produced a rallying performance to keep alive their hopes of European football.

Fredrik Stoor marked his farewell appearance for Rosenborg before an impending move to Fulham by opening the scoring on 34 minutes with a powerful shot.

Veteran striker Steffen Iversen doubled Rosenborg’s lead five minutes into the second half when he kept his cool to score from the penalty spot.

Rosenborg ended the game with ten men after Vadim Demidov was sent off in the closing stages for apparent time-wasting, but they held on to secure their spot in Friday’s Uefa Cup draw.

IF Elfsborg sneaked into the draw after edging out FK Rîga 1-0 on aggregate following a goalless draw in the second leg.

The Swedish side maintained their advantage from the first leg with a resolute defensive display in Latvia to end FK Riga’s Uefa Cup hopes.

Ref From skysports.com