Ashton on the comeback trail

  • by Staff Writer
  • Sunday, 21st September 2008

Dean Ashton is set to return to fulll training next week, according to Gianfranco Zola.

The United striker suffered his third injury of the season last week in training, a knock that ruled him out of yesterday's 3-1 win over Newcastle.

But according to Zola, he will be back in contention for next weekend's short trip to Fulham.

"Dean will have to rest," said Zola. "I think he will start training again next week. Then we will see what his condition is.

"At the moment he needs one week to recover. He already had a problem and the ankle got sore as he was training, so we had to stop him."

Zola also revealed that Craig Bellamy has suffered another setback in his return from injury - although he chould be available for selection next weekend and possibly for the trip to Watford on Tuesday night.

"Bellamy has had a problem as well," he confirmed. "It's an old problem but he's still recovering."

The good news is that there were no further injury concerns from yesterday's match, which was won thanks to goals from David Di Michele (x2) and Matthew Etherington.

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