Injury Update 08-09-09

My favourite football related website Football365 have started an excellent daily injury update, the first of which I've quoted below. I may well post it up here every couple of days as it's really useful for fantasy managers, but remember to visits the site itself as it's full of superb football news, opinion & humour...

The headline news this afternoon is that Carlos Tevez has been ruled out of Manchester City's meeting with Arsenal at the weekend with a knee injury sustained on international duty.

"Our doctor has spoken to the Argentine medical people and the feeling is that he is out for the weekend so he will not play against Arsenal," City boss Mark Hughes confirmed. "The hope is that he will be okay for the derby, but we will have to determine that when he comes back."

Robinho is also a doubt but Hughes has "hope he will be an option for the weekend".

Meanwhile, The Independent reckons that Rio Ferdinand could make his comeback for Manchester United this weekend at Tottenham. Ferdinand hasn't played since the international friendly with Holland in August.

Aston Villa full-back Luke Young is also expected to make his comeback soon having missed the start of the season following the death of his brother.

Michael Kightly is back in training with Wolves although Jody Craddock is sidelined with a hamstring strain.

Kightly is yet to kick a ball for Mick McCarthy's side this season after battling back from hip surgery and a broken metatarsal.

The 23-year-old is now back in full training, although McCarthy has hinted he will not return to action this weekend against Blackburn Rovers, when Craddock will also be unavailable.

It sounds as if Joe Cole's return isn't that far away though. The Chelsea midfielder played 60 minutes in a behind-closed-doors friendly last week at the club's training ground. He played at the top of a midfield diamond directly behind two strikers - an indication of where Carlo Ancelotti sees his future?

There was a bit of a hullabaloo about Theo Walcott on Monday after Arsenal updated the injury news section of their website to state that 'Theo Walcott is expected to return soon after the international break.' The Daily Telegraph says that he may even feature this weekend at City. More likely is the Mail's claim that Walcott is 'targeting a return for Arsenal against Wigan on Saturday week'.

Arsene Wenger is expected to appear in front of the press on Thursday to provide a proper update and either confirm or deny reports that Johan Djourou is out for six months.

Cheers,
AM