"I hope I will be back in action next month, hopefully in the middle of next month. But I will have to be guided by the medical team at Liverpool," said Skrtel.
"I have been lucky because I could have been facing eight or nine months out of the game.
"It's the worst injury of my career, but if I play for the next 10 years, I am sure I might have one worse.
"I will be the same player when I am fully fit again.
"I will make tackles like I always have and will stand up physically to the challenges that I face. It will take me a few games to get back to the level that I was at before the injury, that is only natural.
"But I won't be a different player when I come back - I won't allow that to happen."