BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese forward Wu Lei is ready to have a knee operation that will leave him out of action for at least two months.

Wu has been nursing a right knee complaint which ruled him out of China's latest two World Cup qualifiers - its 1-0 away win over Bahrain and 3-1 home defeat to Japan in mid-November.

Wu was also dropped by the Chinese side which is holding a training camp in Hai