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Ben Arfa targets February return – Ryan Taylor hopes to be back in April

January 26th, 2011 | 7 Comments |

Ryan Taylor and Hatem Ben Arfa
Two players keen to return
Newcastle United’s Hatem Ben Arfa is hoping to be fully recovered from his double leg break within a month.

Benny was of course crocked by the delightful Nigel De Jong in our match against Manchester City last October. Initially it was thought that the player could be out for the rest of the season but, according to some tabloid reports, he’s planning a February comeback.

Benny’s agent – Simon Stainrod – said:

“I saw him last week and Hatem is absolutely flying.

“He’s been away to Dubai for a bit of warm weather training and now he’s back in France and training really, really hard.

“There are no miracles with an injury like his and he knows it is hard work that he needs to do, but he’s as fit as a fiddle.”

So that’s good news, particularly on the back of the recent international call-ups and our injury list. (more…)