Any news on Micah Richards' return?

[Mr. Aguia]

I guess it's just a coincidence that we had zero clean sheets before Richards made his season debut and now we've had 2 in the 3 games he's started. He's an important player. He's one of the few players we have in the squad with pace. Would have really helped against Madrid.

 

[Akira]

I guess it's just a coincidence that we had zero clean sheets before Richards made his season debut and now we've had 2 in the 3 games he's started. He's an important player. He's one of the few players we have in the squad with pace. Would have really helped against Madrid.

Stats don't lie. This.

 

[blink922]

8 weeks wouldn't be too bad considering how it looked, looked potentially season ending.

I'm HOPING for 8 weeks. Like you said it looked really bad, probably will miss most of the season.

I love Micah, always puts in a shift and I think he's a fantastic player with the potential to be one of the best RBs in Europe (if he can stop getting injured). Hope he's back as quickly as possible.

 

[theperfect10]

Could be out for up to 3 months, devastated for the lad.

We'll miss his pace, confidence and his passion.

 

[the goats backside]

Big loss, hope he recovers for the turn of the year

 

[Mattyc55]

Having an op today, gona be out for a good while sadly.

 

[MSP]

I've read somewhere that he's best rated City player this season.

 

[LongsightM13]

Is this a recurrence of the injury he suffered at the Olympics? If so, I think we should sue the Olympic committee for Micah's salary while he is out

 

[stonerblue]

Richards is not good enough to be in our team. He is the most overated player at City. He is just an athlete with a pair of footie boots! Touch of a rapist, no awareness and not football brain! End of.

rag

 

[blink922]

DailyFail reporting that his injury is less serious than everyone thought, and he could be out for weeks rather than months. Really hope this is true, although they have no quotes or sources.

Micah Richards underwent surgery on his injured knee at a Manchester hospital on Monday afternoon.

The City defender saw a specialist at lunchtime who recommended immediate surgery to mend a torn knee cartilage.

Richards suffered the injury near the end of Saturday's narrow win over Swansea in the Barclays Premier League.

There were fears that the England international had damaged knee ligaments, something that could have ruled him out until the end of the season.

However, those fears were allayed on Monday morning and Richards is hopeful that his lay-off will be weeks rather than months.

Monday afternoon’s surgery is likely to have been a key-hole operation, a procedure that reduces the recovery time.

Richards and City manager Roberto Mancini will not receive the full prognosis until later on Monday.

Meanwhile, City winger David Silva is back in England after spending a week in Spain having physio on a hamstring injury.

The Spanish international hopes to be back in training with his City team-mates towards the end of the week but will not play against West Ham on Sunday.

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