Chelsea: Terry out for 'weeks not months'
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November 14, 2012, Wednesday
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CHELSEA captain John Terry will be sidelined for "weeks not months" after a scan found on Monday that the knee ligament damage is not as bad as feared when he was injured during the match against Liverpool.
The defender was carried off on Sunday following an incident in which Liverpool striker Luis Suarez landed awkwardly on his right knee during the 1-1 draw in the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge. Terry left the stadium on crutches and went to a hospital on Monday.
"MRI scans on John Terry's right knee thankfully show no significant damage to the cruciate ligaments," Chelsea said. "Chelsea Football Club's medical team will conduct further tests over the next two or three days once the swelling has subsided to determine how long John will be out, but it will be a matter of weeks not months."
Returning after a four-game domestic ban for racial abuse, Terry scored his 50th goal for the club before being forced off the pitch.
Meanwhile, Chelsea has denied any hypocrisy in making a complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg for inappropriate language during the game against Manchester United. The claims against the referee have been questioned publicly by several leading figures, including Alex Ferguson.
"The reaction has been very unfair," said Buck. "We weren't interested in any confrontation with the referee or anybody else, had no thoughts of revenge on the referee."
He said the decision to take action had come after a "great deal of anguish and after talking long and hard that evening about what we should do." "Suppose we had tried to sweep this under the rug and said to the various players, 'Look, it's not a big deal and the press are going to be all over us, maybe you want to reconsider.' If that had leaked out, we would've really been crucified," added the chairman.
Buck said he had spoken to the players three separate times after the match and asked them if they might have confused 'monkey' with 'Mikel'.
Asked whether the referee might have used the phrase 'I don't give a monkey's...", Buck confessed he was not familiar with the expression.
The defender was carried off on Sunday following an incident in which Liverpool striker Luis Suarez landed awkwardly on his right knee during the 1-1 draw in the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge. Terry left the stadium on crutches and went to a hospital on Monday.
"MRI scans on John Terry's right knee thankfully show no significant damage to the cruciate ligaments," Chelsea said. "Chelsea Football Club's medical team will conduct further tests over the next two or three days once the swelling has subsided to determine how long John will be out, but it will be a matter of weeks not months."
Returning after a four-game domestic ban for racial abuse, Terry scored his 50th goal for the club before being forced off the pitch.
Meanwhile, Chelsea has denied any hypocrisy in making a complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg for inappropriate language during the game against Manchester United. The claims against the referee have been questioned publicly by several leading figures, including Alex Ferguson.
"The reaction has been very unfair," said Buck. "We weren't interested in any confrontation with the referee or anybody else, had no thoughts of revenge on the referee."
He said the decision to take action had come after a "great deal of anguish and after talking long and hard that evening about what we should do." "Suppose we had tried to sweep this under the rug and said to the various players, 'Look, it's not a big deal and the press are going to be all over us, maybe you want to reconsider.' If that had leaked out, we would've really been crucified," added the chairman.
Buck said he had spoken to the players three separate times after the match and asked them if they might have confused 'monkey' with 'Mikel'.
Asked whether the referee might have used the phrase 'I don't give a monkey's...", Buck confessed he was not familiar with the expression.
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