The Bayern Munich ace Franck Ribery faces around two months on the sidelines after suffering a serious leg injury while playing for France at Euro 2008.

The playmaker, 25, collapsed in agony early on in the 2-0 defeat by Italy which ended Les Bleus' hopes in Austria and Switzerland, but fears that he had suffered a broken bone have now been allayed.

Ribery has suffered ligament damage in his lower leg, an injury referred to as a high ankle sprain.

He will undergo surgery to correct the problem and faces a race against time to be fit for the start of the new Bundesliga campaign.