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ABOVE: Bruce thinks Cattermole could be back sooner than expected

5th November 2009

By Tim Gray

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SUNDERLAND boss Steve Bruce believes midfielder Lee Cattermole could return from injury a month earlier than expected.

The 21-year-old was ruled out for at least three months after suffering medial ligament damage during the 1-0 Premier League victory over Liverpool on October 17.

But having worked with Cattermole at Wigan last season, Bruce feels he might be ready sooner.

He said: “Catts has been out for three weeks already but after the Spurs game this weekend, there is another fortnight before we play Arsenal and all of a sudden, he has been out for getting on for five or six weeks.

“Cattermole being Cattermole, I would think he will be back more quickly than doctors have predicted.

“The kind of person he is, I have just got this gut feeling that he might be out for eight weeks rather than the 12 weeks that was said at the start.

“Of course, I will have to be governed by what the medical people say but knowing Lee’s mentality, he will be keen to get back quickly.

“Already he can’t wait to get the brace off his knee and it won’t be long now before it does.”

Sunderland have won none of the three games he has missed

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