Valencia could be back by February
Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed Antonio Valencia could be back in action by the end of February.
"You can never be 100% accurate in these situations and it is a bad injury, but we are looking at the end of February, which is better than we thought on Tuesday," said the United boss.
"The operation has been successful and the break was clean, which was the major concern for us at the time," he said.
"He is a strong boy, who is very positive about it.
"Being positive helps you in these situations, so we are very hopeful we will get him back then."
"Antonio had a great season last year," he said.
"He was a great signing for us. He is a young player who has been improving all the time.
"It is a blow losing good players but in the context of the kind of squad we have, we should be able to cope with it.
"You always fear when you have a good player out of your team it is going to be a loss.
"But having players like Nani, Ryan Giggs and Park Ji-sung, plus Gabriel Obertan and Bebe means we have options."
"There is a mental part to it," he said.
"Take the example of Alan Smith. When Alan got his bad injury in that cup tie against Liverpool, he was so positive.
"He sat in that treatment room at Anfield so nonchalant and relaxed about it.
"Yet you look at his ankle and think 'God almighty'.
"That attitude definitely helped him."
"You can never be 100% accurate in these situations and it is a bad injury, but we are looking at the end of February, which is better than we thought on Tuesday," said the United boss.
"The operation has been successful and the break was clean, which was the major concern for us at the time," he said.
"He is a strong boy, who is very positive about it.
"Being positive helps you in these situations, so we are very hopeful we will get him back then."
"Antonio had a great season last year," he said.
"He was a great signing for us. He is a young player who has been improving all the time.
"It is a blow losing good players but in the context of the kind of squad we have, we should be able to cope with it.
"You always fear when you have a good player out of your team it is going to be a loss.
"But having players like Nani, Ryan Giggs and Park Ji-sung, plus Gabriel Obertan and Bebe means we have options."
"There is a mental part to it," he said.
"Take the example of Alan Smith. When Alan got his bad injury in that cup tie against Liverpool, he was so positive.
"He sat in that treatment room at Anfield so nonchalant and relaxed about it.
"Yet you look at his ankle and think 'God almighty'.
"That attitude definitely helped him."
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