Bolton Wanderers captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-c35214 Cleverley’s injury
Bolton Wanderers captain Kevin Davies did not pay too much attention to the criticism for his tackle on Manchester United midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international made a tackle on the 22-year-old for which he received
a yellow card and it has emerged that Cleverley will be sidelined for at least four weeks following the injury he picked up.
The issue came to the media’s attention after Tom Cleverley posted on his Facebook page that the Bolton Wanderers skipper had failed to apologize after the rash tackle and admitted to being angry with him. However, it turned out that the page was fake and
that Cleverley had not made those remarks about Davies. The striker confirmed he had spoken to the Red Devils midfielder after learning about the extent of his injury.
Davies said in an interview:
“I spoke to Tom Cleverley, I was made to believe he had got a fracture or something so when I got home, I didn't realise after the game, I've seen the reports going on with the game so I put a call in to him and he was fine.”
Davies insisted he had not been made aware of how serious the injury had been and revealed that he had been in touch with Cleverley after he had found out. The player’s wife confirmed via her Twitter account that Davies had indeed been in touch with her
husband after the incident. The English forward admitted he deserved the yellow card for the mistimed tackle and was glad Cleverley had not been seriously injured.
He said:
“After that, it was a tackle which maybe I mistimed and I got a yellow card which was just deserved, so for me I'm not sure what it's all about.”
A scan revealed that the midfielder had not suffered any long term damage and would be back in early November. However, this means that Cleverley will be out for the UEFA Champions League upcoming fixtures and the 2012 Euro qualifier against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Montenegro-c2959 in
October. According to Davies, the Manchester United midfielder did not think his tackle had been too bad.
Davies revealed he was prepared to put the matter behind him, since he had meant no harm by the tackle and had apologized for the damage caused. Bolton Wanderers lost the match 5-0, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 scoring a hat-trick and Hernandez scoring two goals. The
Trotters skipper revealed he had given his best at the Reebok Stadium in a fixture which had ended in a disappointing loss.
Davies revealed:
“So it's all fine, it's all done and dusted for me, it's a contact sport, it's a derby, I was trying to do my bit for Bolton to win the game. It's a side of my game.”
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