{"id":460686,"date":"2011-07-14T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/manchester-uniteds-antonio-valencia-returns-to-england-following-ankle-injury\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T08:32:00","slug":"manchester-uniteds-antonio-valencia-returns-to-england-following-ankle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/manchester-uniteds-antonio-valencia-returns-to-england-following-ankle-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United&#8217;s Antonio Valencia returns to England following ankle injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Michael Raven<\/h3>\n<h4>14 Jul 2011 09:32:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.1093366093\">\n<div readability=\"17.4705882353\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UEFA Champions League Semi : Antonio Valencia, Manchester United v Schalke 04\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/130700\/130740_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>UEFA Champions League Semi : Antonio Valencia, Manchester United v Schalke 04<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"8.98238747554\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> winger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ecuador\/8295\/antonio-valencia\">Antonio Valencia<\/a> has returned to England after he sustained an injury to his ankle at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/586\/copa-america\">Copa America<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/ecuador\/211\/ecuador\">Ecuador<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the Red Devils&#8217; 4-1 win over the New England Revolution, boss Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed the player will return to Manchester rather than join up with the squad for their pre-season tour of the USA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Antonio has gone straight back to Manchester,&#8221; Sir Alex told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He got an injury playing in the first game for Ecuador so he is back in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It is nothing serious but he wasn&#8217;t going to be taking part in the rest of Copa America, so there is no point in him coming out here if he is injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We have the facilities back at Carrington. That is the best place for him.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Valencia spent the majority of last season on the sidelines after breaking his ankle in a Champions League match against Rangers.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/14\/2574249\/manchester-uniteds-antonio-valencia-returns-to-england-following-\" title=\"Manchester United's Antonio Valencia returns to England following ankle injury\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United&#8217;s Antonio Valencia returns to England following ankle injury<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Michael Raven 14 Jul 2011 09:32:00 UEFA Champions League Semi : Antonio Valencia, Manchester United v Schalke 04 Related Links Teams Players Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia has returned to England after he sustained an injury to his ankle at the Copa America with Ecuador . Speaking after the Red Devils&#8217; 4-1 win over the New England Revolution, boss Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed the player will return to Manchester rather than join up with the squad for their pre-season tour of the USA. &#8220;Antonio has gone straight back to Manchester,&#8221; Sir Alex told reporters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United&#039;s Antonio Valencia returns to England following ankle injury - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/manchester-uniteds-antonio-valencia-returns-to-england-following-ankle-injury\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United&#039;s Antonio Valencia returns to England following ankle injury - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Michael Raven 14 Jul 2011 09:32:00 UEFA Champions League Semi : Antonio Valencia, Manchester United v Schalke 04 Related Links Teams Players Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia has returned to England after he sustained an injury to his ankle at the Copa America with Ecuador . 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