Tito Vilanova could continue as head coach of Barcelona despite the fact he is to undergo surgery today on a salivary gland before beginning chemotherapy and radiotherapy to treat cancer.
Tito Vilanova could continue as head coach of Barcelona despite the fact he is to undergo surgery today on a salivary gland before beginning chemotherapy and radiotherapy to treat cancer.
Tito Vilanova is expected to spent three or four days in hospital
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The treatment is expected to last six weeks and is the second time in a little over a year that the coach has suffered such a scare. Vilanova had a gland removed from his throat in November last year.
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