THE AFL will speak to Daniel Menzel on Tuesday to get his take on the synthetic turf around the perimeter of Etihad Stadium that the Geelong forward believes contributed to his ankle injury.

Menzel slid on the much-maligned surface during Saturday night's win over North Melbourne and suffered an ankle ligament tear during the match.

The 24-year-old, who has overcome four knee reconstructions, took his concerns to the AFL Players' Association, which will also speak with the AFL this week.

AFL football operations boss Mark Evans said the League would seek to determine whether the same incident would have occurred on natural turf or if the synthetic product was to blame.

"We spoke to Geelong today but Dan Menzel had the day off, so we'll speak to him and get his account of it tomorrow hopefully," Evans told 3AW on Monday.

"The question in all of these sorts of things is if it was the same action on normal turf, would the injury still occur.

"It's really hard to tell that, but we'll speak to Dan and get his opinion of that first."

Evans said the artificial turf, which is a feature at most AFL venues, was designed to prevent dangerous situations developing when the surface around the boundary line gets wet.

"The product itself is very much like grass in the way it plays, it's traction and its hardness, and probably the best we've seen," he said.

"Most venues have some sort of product outside the boundary because it really does get dangerous when that outside area gets quite slippery.

"It's something we'll have a look at, but I'm not really sure whether it's contributed or whether it would have occurred anyway."

Etihad Stadium's acting CEO Michael Green said the artificial turf was not an issue for the venue to deal with.

"It's really an issue for the AFL, it's an AFL licenced product," Green said.

"The AFL approves all the installations, not just at Etihad Stadium but right around the country.

"As long as the AFL are happy with it and as long as the synthetic tests are in sync with the natural turf I don’t see an issue."

Menzel was due to undergo scans on his injured ankle on Monday and was expected to miss two matches.

He told SEN on Sunday that he believed the turf had played a role in his injury, but said it could have been worse.

"I'm thankful my ankle did go, because if it didn't it might have been my knee," he said.