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O'Neill upbeat over Davies

07 Dec 2009 - 12:09:14

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Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has rubbished reports which suggested that defender Curtis Davies had suffered a setback in his recovery from shoulder surgery.

Davies, 24, was sent for an operation on a long-running problem in September which was scheduled to keep him on the sidelines for four months.

But despite suggestions that Davies' rehabilitation had not gone to plan, O'Neill claims that he still expects the former West Bromwich Albion stopper to still be back in action as planned in the new year.

"Contrary to what was reported last week, there have been no setbacks or anything like that regarding Curtis," he explained.

"In fact, he is doing very well. We will wait for the specialist report, which will be coming in very shortly.

"But the time frame was always around about 16 weeks from when Curtis had the operation.

"It is one of those injuries where you wouldn't be tempted to rush anyone back beforehand but Curtis is doing very well."