Fat Tom
13-12-2005, 10:41 AM
From SkySports.com
Sir Alex Ferguson admits that Quinton Fortune is still some way off making a return.
The 28-year-old South African has not played since the FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal in May.
He was only expected to miss the opening weeks of the new season, but now Ferguson has revealed that the signs are not good for the former Atletico Madrid star.
"It's not clearing up to be frank and it's a concern for us all," he told United's radio station.
"We're going to get another opinion to decide whether he should go to someone he knows in Spain or go America to see (Doctor Richard) Steadman.
"It started off with a simple operation on the cartilage.
"What happened was that he got a bit of calcification in the front of his knee and it got worse. He had a small operation to clear the calcification but it keeps coming back.
"All in all it has been a frustrating and serious injury and we just can't get to the bottom of it as to why this calcification keeps coming.
"We thought he'd be back in a month but he is still injured and it's disappointing."
Sir Alex Ferguson admits that Quinton Fortune is still some way off making a return.
The 28-year-old South African has not played since the FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal in May.
He was only expected to miss the opening weeks of the new season, but now Ferguson has revealed that the signs are not good for the former Atletico Madrid star.
"It's not clearing up to be frank and it's a concern for us all," he told United's radio station.
"We're going to get another opinion to decide whether he should go to someone he knows in Spain or go America to see (Doctor Richard) Steadman.
"It started off with a simple operation on the cartilage.
"What happened was that he got a bit of calcification in the front of his knee and it got worse. He had a small operation to clear the calcification but it keeps coming back.
"All in all it has been a frustrating and serious injury and we just can't get to the bottom of it as to why this calcification keeps coming.
"We thought he'd be back in a month but he is still injured and it's disappointing."