On the radios in Rome there is a lot of talk that Baptista's knee problem, which was described as similar to Doni's requires surgery to resolves it. However the beast is pressuring AS Roma staff to avoid going under the knife as it would likely cause him to miss going to the WC. If this rumor is true it puts a lot of things into perspective about why he hasn't been available and only played 15 minutes at a time.
