Rodrigo Possebon, the Manchester United youngster on the receiving end of a horror tackle by Middlesbrough's Emanuel Pogatetz, has not broken his right leg, as first feared, the club confirmed on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old Brazilian midfielder had to be given oxygen and was stretchered off after Pogatetz's x-rated challenge in the second half of United's 3-1 League Cup win at Old Trafford on Tuesday evening
A club spokesman said: "We can confirm that Rodrigo did not suffer a break to his right leg. He was kept in hospital overnight for observation and to assess whether there was any ligament damage to his knee."
Pogatetz received a straight red card for the challenge, which his manager Gareth Southgate admitted he could not defend, and is now facing a ban of at least three matches.
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