This is purely speculation of course, but the news making its way around the internet is that we could potentially see Rio again sometime this season. The prior prognosis was that he would miss the rest of the season recovering from a calf injury. Maybe it’s such a slow news day with the international break that any sort of news becomes a major headline.
If it is true (and it’s based on Rio getting an injection to help with the injury), this will definitely be welcome news for United fans. It’s always tough to gauge in instances like this how close a player is to being fit for selection. Nani was supposed to be out for 5 weeks from the Carragher tackle, but returned within 1. A big difference however is that Nani is a lot younger than Rio and has not had the injury struggles that the (now) former England captain has had (nice going Fabio) in the past.
Even if Rio was to take some painkillers and injections to numb the pain and be game ready, I just can’t see his body holding up and him being a consistent fixture in our side for the final 2 months of the season.
Just wanted to throw some (incredibly speculative) good news out there.
