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Sprains are usually up to 3 weeks. But I do not know how careful the recovery and rehab process for professional athletes.
So that’s a pretty good outcome. Grade 1 or 2 MCL sprain (probably 2). Could have been so much worse. Main thing is he’ll be good as new afterwards. If a ligament needs surgical repair there’s always a worry that there might be permanent consequences. I wouldn’t say it’s out of the question that he could be back in four weeks.
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Official Man Utd website? Yes, very reliable.
Tough crowd.
We can’t play Shaw at LCB without having at least one of Bissaka or Malacia available for selection. Unless, of course, you suggest slow Lindelof as our starting LB, or a brand new full back role for Antony
I'd rather we didn't because we miss him so much at LB when we do. Rashford instantly looks half the player without him.
By the clubs timeline, that would bring him back around early April. If April 13th against Bournemouth is a tentative return date for him, that would make him available for the last 6 PL games plus any potential later round FA cup ties.
Ok, cool. His update is also a little less negative than the club one!
It’s not that I’m worried about. I’m worried about rushing him back with a weak knee and him busting his ACL after heading the ball out and landing on it too hard.
It's a bit shit, but I'll take 8 weeks in a season that is already basically a write off when the alternative looked like it could have been half of next season as well and him potentially not coming back the same player.
Could have been 8 months. Look at Timber, hasn’t played at all this season.
Fair, but that could happen anywhere anytime. He could bust his ACL in training if all it takes is landing to hard. He could bust it at home playing with his kids.
All makes the “at least 8 weeks” prognosis from the club seem very conservative.
Its quite obviously more risky with the current injury
Yeah, I wonder if there's a bit of "under-promise and over-deliver" thinking to the timeframe offered by the club.
Aye it was a cnuty cowardly challenge, he didn't like getting held off the cnut.
Not really how it works - they have all the machines/testing to make sure its healed fully, then he'll do physio and grass work. His knee won't be weak when he returns, it doesn't even require surgery. All of that is factored into the 8 weeks recovery time.
Wait what happened there? There's so little news apart from the report that he had a setback in Dec.So that’s a pretty good outcome. Grade 1 or 2 MCL sprain (probably 2). Could have been so much worse. Main thing is he’ll be good as new afterwards. If a ligament needs surgical repair there’s always a worry that there might be permanent consequences. I wouldn’t say it’s out of the question that he could be back in four weeks.
Just so long as he doesn’t follow Malacia’s rehab protocol
I think so. Which is a nice change from the over promise and under-deliver narrative from the club we’ve been enduring for the past 10 years.
I still for the life of me don't know why our players are the only ones who don't fall over to ground when someone breathes on their back. Every other team do it bar us.
