Andy Mangan injury worry for Wrexham FC

Mar 8 2010

By Mark Currie - Daily Post  

Dean Saunders faces an anxious 24 hours or so before discovering the extent of the injury suffered by striker Andy Mangan in the closing moments of Saturday’s 1-1 Racecourse draw with Ebbsfleet United.

Mangan, who had netted his third goal in 10 games earlier in the afternoon, appeared to twist his knee as the Dragons pressed for a late winner and was left on the ground when the final whistle was blown.

Although the 23-year-old was eventually able to limp to the dressing room without recourse to the attending stretcher, Saunders faces the prospect of losing a third striker to injury – with Gareth Taylor and Marc Williams also sidelined.

Saunders said: “I think he (Mangan) has twisted his knee, but I’m not too sure how bad it is. He walked into the dressing room at the end of the game but he had gone down very awkwardly and that’s just our luck. We’ll wait and see how he is tomorrow when it should be a bit clearer.”

But he admitted Mangan was a major doubt for tomorrow’s home game against Altrincham.

“I’d be surprised if he is fit for Tuesday,” he added. “As I said, I hope it’s not as bad as it could be. I hope it’s just a little tweak in his knee but when he fell it was an awkward one. Sometimes it takes a couple of days to work out what has actually gone wrong there.”