Manchester City moved to dispel fears Owen Hargreaves suffered anythingother as a very minor setback in its bid to resurrect his career.
Hargreaves was eliminated from the Carling Cupfourth round to Wolves traverse after a kick in the calf. The match would have otherwise provided the age of 30 years with an excellent opportunity to get some competitive football under its belt it seeks to establish itself in the city.
The midfielder, who made early top scorer for the overBirmingham city of their victory in the third round, came out by Manchester United in the summer after the threeinjury-ravaged seasons.
First team coach David Platt, said: "there is no concern about it." There alittle niggle that, because it is Owen Hargreaves, we talk about it. It's not much, it is just a kick in the calf. We had it scanned and there was no attraction or anything.
"He was in was has not decomposed. If it had broken down we would be talking about himbeing out for three or four weeks, but this is not the case. »
Hargreaves played 57 minutes against Birmingham five weeks but his onlyappearance since then was as a late substitute in the first League of Barclays 4-1 Aston Villa winover October 15.
It was thought to be in the running for a place on the bench for Sunday over his former club derbywin, he was not named in the team.
Hargreaves has been hampered by problems in both knees during his stay in the Unitedbefore, he suffered a wound in the thigh at the start of what proved to be his finalappearance for Club last November. Yet, while the city do not want to risk him at the Molineux, they insist it is not because they need to treat with more care than any other player.
Platt said: "it is there or nearby, but the fact of the matter is hehasn can't trained for three or four days. Go and do a light training session and then go to it, you wouldn't do with any player. Which has nothing to do with whether or not it is Owen.
"Since we have returned to the international break, Owen Hargreaves has been available for selection to be the 24-25 players. It may well have been in the team for the derby. It might have been in the stand, on the bench, or he may have played.
"We look more like another case, while leading to the international break, we were still in its preparation"pre-season ". We are more than. He comes into the equation as any other player he is now.
"He came on 1 September and we are now at the end of October. It is seven weeks, and it was off the field of the formation of five days. Rather than talk about what is happened in the past three years, it is now a Manchester City player, and we must leave when it was atManchester City to it. »
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