Scholes' surgery a success

Sir Alex has allayed fears Paul Scholes' recent knee injury could threaten the midfielder's career.

Scholes, who turns 33 on Friday 16 November, damaged his knee during a training session in Kyiv last month.

An initial scan was inconclusive before a second confirmed the need for surgery and three months' rest.

"Paul has had his operation and it was 100 per cent successful," the Reds' boss told United Radio.

"The specialist said the condition of his knee is fantastic… he's got the knee of a 20-year-old.

We're losing him for three months but the great news is there's nothing stopping him from playing for a few years yet.

"In January he'll come back as a fresh player, at an important time when we've got the knockout stages of Europe and the FA Cup to think about.

Remember the last time he came back after his eye injury – it was like having a new player."


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Scholes KO fear

PAUL Scholes is set to be ruled out for United until into the New Year.

United will send the 32-year-old midfielder to a specialist on Monday after a scan last week proved inconclusive on the knee injury he sustained in training last Monday in Kiev before the Champions League match.

Sir Alex Ferguson reported that Scholes had felt a 'click' in his knee during the session in Dynamo's Olympic Stadium.United couldn't fly their midfielder home early but after returning from the Ukraine in the early hours of Wednesday morning, he was sent for a scan.

Reds boss Fergie said the results didn't show clearly the problem but Scholes had a further appointment to try to ascertain the damage.But there are serious fears that Scholes will be told he will be out for three months, leaving him looking at a return to fitness in February.

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Man Utd fear Scholes out three months

Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes is facing three months on the sidelines with a knee injury.

The Sunday Express says Scholes faces a scan tomorrow which could confirm Manchester United's fears that he will be out for three months.

Scholes has a damaged knee and one recent scan proved inconclusive. But the initial diagnosis was not optimistic - with the club resigned to the player having to undergo surgery.

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Manchester United are facing a major midfield injury crisis after Paul Scholes was ruled out of tonight's Champions League clash with Dynamo Kiev with a knee problem.

Scholes suffered the injury in training at the Olympic Stadium last night and will have a scan on his return to Manchester to discover the exact extent of the problem.

"Paul will miss tonight's match," Ferguson told MUTV.

"He got a knee injury in training last night and he will have a scan when we get him home.

"It is unfortunate, but these things happen and I am sure we have enough experience to cope."

John O'Shea, Darren Fletcher or Anderson should replace Scholes in the United line-up this evening but Ferguson will desperately hope the 32-year-old is not too seriously hurt.

Already, United are without two experienced midfielders in Owen Hargreaves and Michael Carrick.

Although Hargreaves could be available for the crunch Premier League encounter with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on November 3, he is unlikely to play against Middlesbrough on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Carrick, who dislocated his elbow against Roma earlier this month, is not due back until the end of next month.

Scholes has already been sidelined by one knee injury this term after being forced to fly home from the club's Far East tour with a cartilage problem that forced him to miss the remainder of United's pre-season campaign, although he did figure in the opening-day draw with Reading.

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