Roy Keane has said he will not rush back to action for Manchester United following the hamstring strain he picked up against Portsmouth in the FA Cup over the weekend. It was only Keane's fifth game back after spending four months on the sidelines following hip surgery and after watching his side struggle without their inspirational leader, manager Alex Ferguson suggested Keane may be fit for the trip to West Brom on Saturday.
However, the 31-year-old is not willing to put a time-scale on his recovery, although he does not believe the problem will be long term.
"It's just a bit of a hamstring strain," he told the club's official website. "I felt it after about half an hour of the Portsmouth game and I thought at half-time that I didn't want to make it any worse. It didn't feel right so I came off. It's still a bit sore now so we'll just have to wait and see how it goes.
"I've had hamstring strains in the past and you think you're better and come back too early, then you end off worse than you were at the start so I just have to be careful. The key word at the moment is patience over the next few days and we'll see what happens. It's frustrating."
Filed by Johnny Proby
