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Edu Sidelined For A Month

The injury-prone midfielder's on the treatment table again. Valencia must steel themselves for a festive season without the influential Brazilian...

Dec 1, 2008 6:59:49 PM

Liga: Edu came back for Valencia after six months (AFP)

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Liga: Edu came back for Valencia after six months (AFP)

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Edu Gaspar was taken off shortly after setting up Valencia's first goal in their 3-2 victory over Real Betis on Sunday night, with the Che medical staff fearing the worst for the oft-crocked midfielder.

An MRI scan revealed today that the former Arsenal man has a half-centimetre rupture in the muscle fibres of his right thigh, necessitating a month on the sidelines.

In this sense Valencia are the worse for his absence, but there is a palpable sense of relief that he has not suffered a more severe breakage.

The imposing 29-year-old thus will not appear in a white shirt again before the festive break, although it is possible that he could make a comeback in the Copa del Rey match against Racing on January 7th, if not even the Liga meeting against Atletico Madrid the weekend prior.

Former Corinthians ace Edu signed for Valencia from Arsenal in 2005, having spent four seasons in London after leaving Corinthians. He represented Brazil in the Copa America of 2004, scoring a penalty in the final shoot-out with Argentina.

Ewan Macdonald, Goal.com