City sweat on Lescott

CITY were today anxiously awaiting news of injured centre-back Joleon Lescott after he was sent to see a specialist. The Blues had initially hoped to have the £24m defender back for next Monday's home clash with Wigan after he limped out of the warm-up at Fulham with hamstring trouble. A scan has revealed that Lescott's problem is related to his hamstring tendon, which can be a more serious problem. But the scan failed to reveal the full extent of the damage to the tendon - and that could mean an absence of a few days or several weeks. Lescott has travelled to London for further investigation of the problem which definitely keeps him out of tomorrow night's home fixture against his former club Everton. Javier Garrido is likely to get the nod to continue after stepping in at late notice to fill Lescott's boots as the Blues won 2-1 at Craven Cottage. Better news for City is that Roque Santa Cruz, who limped out of the action after opening the scoring at Fulham, is fit. After a season dogged by knee and calf injuries, the Paraguayan striker had only suffered tightness of the calves and was able to train yesterday. The Lescott blow comes at a bad time for the Blues. Manager Roberto Mancini - pictured during a lighter moment in training with assistant Brian Kidd - had decided to use the big England star at left-back for the first time in his City career following Wayne Bridge's hernia operation. | Submit Comments| Comments (17)| PrintWhat's this? Emaildel.icio.usDiggredditFacebookStumbleUponNewsvineGoogle BookmarksNetscapeTechnoratiWindows LiveYahoo! MyWebMa.gnolia

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