Alun Rossiter faces a lengthy operation next week, when a top surgeon tackles the job of rebuilding the racer's rigꦇht knee that was completely wrecked in a high speed crash at the beginning of September.

Rossiter, who has been confined to Poole Hospital since the incident, will be 🌟transferred to Bournemouth's Nuffield Hospital at the beginning of next week, where he will undergo surgery to stabilise and then restructure the severe ligament damage caused as a result of the accident.

"It's been a difficult couple of weeks" said Rossiter "as I thought at first that I wasn't that seriously hurt. However I have since been told that my knee is in a pretty bad way and that I will need major surgery on my ligaments before I will be able to go home. At present, my knee will not support any weight at all and I have been told that the cruciate and lateral ligame♑nts will have to be completely rebuilt. It looks as though I am going to be out of action for some considerable time."

Specialists have also told Rossiter that he will need a lengthy period of rehabilitation before he can make any decision regarding a return to racing, leaving the 🐬Swindon - based rider 🥃uncertain as to his future in the sport.

"I'm not making any rash decisions at present" he said "right now I am only th🌠i🐼nking about what is right for me and my family."