Is Injury-Troubled Marveaux Another Marcelino?

Alan Pardew says Sylvain Marveaux has a chance of playing again for Newcastle United this season . but the Frenchman added: "I'm not thinking of playing again yet". 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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