Fergie Hoping For Definitive Scholes Diagnosis
Sir Alex Ferguson will send Paul Scholes to see another specialist next week in a bid to find a cure for the midfielder's blurred vision.
The 31-year-old has not played since the Premiership visit to Birmingham on 28 December because of the problem which has not yet eased.
It was initially thought that Scholes was suffering from blurred vision as a result of concussion from a bang on the head. But the club believe it has been brought on by something else, which has yet to be diagnosed.
"We all thought Scholesy must have banged his head but he can't remember doing that," revealed Fergie at his weekly press conference.
"We sent him to see the best man in Manchester who's world-renowned, but his vision is still blurred and there's not definitive medical opinion about what the problem is.
"We're therefore going to send him to another specialist next week to see if we can get a diagnosis which we can then treat; we're really just guessing at the moment."
"We have to try and find a cure for Paul and get him back playing."
Sir Alex Ferguson
The United manager is hugely disappointed to be without his combative midfielder who was getting back to his best after a slow start to the season.
"It's a loss because he was starting to play really well," stated Fergie. "All we can do is send him to see someone else because a second opinion is always good.
"Knowing Scholesy, he'd probably go out and play [regardless], but you can't take that chance.
"I'm not too worried because he's not in great pain and nothing has shown up which would indicate something serious.
"But given how long it's gone on for now, we have to try and find a cure for it and get him back playing."
Report by Gemma Thompson, at Carrington.