Sheer pain for Skipper Shearer


By Matthew Jones
April 18 2003

Alan Shearer is ready to battle for a Champions League place for Newcastle despite his injury. The super striker has a broken knuckle, but he has been fitted with protective dressing to enable him to play on.

Skipper to play on

32-year-old Alan Shearer has been fitted with a special protective dressing to enable him to play at Fulham on Saturday.

Robson said: "Alan's got a broken knuckle and he's gone to get a kind of cover, a protection, so he can play.

"We think he can play with it, but he has a broken knuckle.

"JJ has had his broken and dislocated finger operated on. It's a four-to-six-week rehabilitation, but the surgeon is saying that he could possibly play as long as he doesn't damage it again or fall badly on it.

"If he plays, it's a risk, but it's a risk we might have to take, and JJ is quite happy to take that risk.

"But at the moment, it's too painful and too sore."

Jermaine Jenas has not been so lucky. He fracted and dislocated a finger during the 6-2 defeat to Man U after undergoing an operation on Wednesday, will be facing a rehabilitation period of up to six weeks.

He WILL definately miss the trip to Fulham, but could get the green light to face Aston Villa at St James' Park on Monday.

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