Cardiff striker Robbie Fowler is set for a trip to America in a bid to solve his latest injury setback.
The former England striker is out with an ankle ligament injury sustained in training and will also have keyhole surgery on his troublesome hip while he is being treated.
Manager Dave Jones told the South Wales Echo: "It looks likely Robbie will be going to Colorado for surgery.
"He is still two or three weeks away from training because of his ankle problem and the medical opinion is that a minor operation can sort out his hip. We are awaiting a final decision by specialists, but that's how it looks right now.
"Robbie has had a problem with his hip in the past and played through it. The course of injections he had in Germany helped considerably, but did not finally solve it.
"Medical opinion says a minor operation will achieve that."