Is Injury-Troubled Marveaux Another Marcelino?

Last updated : 20 March 2012 By Footy Mad - Editor

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Some questioned Pardew for signing a player with a horror injury record, and Marveaux feared his campaign was over after undergoing hip and groin operations last year.

But the winger - who didn't make his full Premier League debut until November (five months after signing for the club) – is making steady progress in his rehabilitation.

Pardew insists the 25-year-old, signed from Rennes last summer, could rejoin training next month.

But the player could have other ideas.

Sylvain Marveaux: “I’m not thinking of playing again yet – I want to do it step by step.

“I’m working to train again.

"I don’t know if I will play, because I won’t train for two more months, but if I can help, I will.

“It’s getting better now. The worst – surgery and everything – is behind me, and I just want to be on the pitch.”

Marveaux – who signed a five-year deal when he joined United – missed most of last season for Rennes with a groin problem.

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