RUUD INTENSIVE CARE

Last updated : 13 December 2004 By editor

"Ruud thinks he will be fit for but we have to be dead sure because these calf injuries can be a nightmare. They can keep on resurfacing and what happened was he played with it, and never said, and it got to the point where he started to complain and we had to take him off in games."

"When that happens, if you don't get to the root of it then every time he plays you are left wondering how long he is going to last. We are going to make sure that it is done right. If he isn't fit for Monday he will certainly be fit for Saturday against Crystal Palace. We will make the decision for him if there is any doubt at all and any sign of the injury we won't play him , but he thinks he is all right."