Weaver suffers new injury blow

Weaver, who has been blighted by a knee injury for almost two years, suffered a recurrence of the problem in training and faces another spell on the sidelines.

City boss Kevin Keegan is hopeful that the injury is not too serious and that the keeper will not face another lengthy spell on the sidelines.

"Nicky Weaver will not be available for at least the next two weeks and possibly a bit beyond that," Keegan told the club's official website.

"He finished a training session recently and then came in the next morning and had a pain in the knee.

"It is a problem that we are going to have to live with as far as Nicky is concerned, but we will know more in a couple of weeks.

"It is always a concern when someone has had an injury, come through it and it then flares up again.

"The problem is in the same knee and we know what it is. He could play for six months and nothing happen.

"Then he could walk down the street and something could happen. That is basically what he and the club have got to live with."

Keegan admitted it was a major setback for the player and if the situation does not improve he may have to undergo surgery again.

"It is not great news and is a setback for him. He has worked so hard to get back and at this stage we are still hopeful that in two or three weeks' time he will improve and he can get back in training again," added Keegan.

"If it doesn't improve he will go back to America but that is long term and I don't want to alarm anyone at this stage."