NOT FOR WEAK STOMACHS

Last Updated : 21-Oct-2002 by editor
When asked if the operation had been a success Ferguson said: "We don't know that yet, unfortunately. You don't know, because what they do is take the hip joint out of the socket, clean the inside of the socket and replace it. They hope that it falls into place again, but they don't know. "

"Once he gets back to full football training we will know. When he starts to run, turn and twist, tackle and these things, then we will know."

Banned from playing domestic football until early December, Keane is pencilled in for the Champions' League game against Bayer Leverkusen on 13 November.