Morpeth Town are delighted to announce that, after consultation with specialists, it has been decided that Ben Sayer does not need surgery.
The midfielder had effectively been ruled out for the season when he fell awkwardly during our FA Cup victory over Brighouse Town at Craik Park. It resulted in suspected knee ligament damage.
However, news has broken this evening that Sayer doesn’t require invasive surgery and, with the correct rehabilitation, could be back fully fit by January.
“It is brilliant news; I couldn’t be more pleased,” Sayer told the club website.
“It is time to get myself sorted now and start cycling and swimming. I’m sick of hanging around with the media team as well!”
“It has been a tough six weeks as Ben and everyone involved has had to be patient to just let his knee settle down,” said club sports therapist Steven Shaw, who will be in charge of Sayer’s rehabilitation programme.
“It will have been difficult for him day-to-day not knowing if there was going to be a surgery at the end of a waiting game, which would have maybe seemed futile, but it has been worthwhile and now he can just get his head down into his rehab.
“We still need to be patient; he has had six weeks of being immobile and that comes with sacrifices in strength and flexibility that needs to be undone. But it has been a price worth paying and now we can look at pushing on, with him coming back and being available sometime in January realistically. One thing is for sure, he won’t be back before he is ready, but if he works as hard as he has previously, he won’t be far away.”
