HARTLEPOOL UNITED are relieved that Luke Molyneux has not suffered a broken leg.
The attacker was carried off in Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat at York after being clattered by one-time Pools midfielder Paddy McLaughlin amid fears he could be out of action long term.
He was taken straight to York Hospital last night for an X-ray and results have showed no fracture.
Molyneux is still facing a spell on the sidelines, with boss Craig Hignett telling the club website: “It’s more positive news than we were expecting so that’s a relief.
“Luke was very sore after the game and it looked as though it could be a bad one so now we’ll just have to wait for it to settle down and hopefully he won’t be missing too long.”
Pools take on Sheffield United Under-21s at the Super 6 Stadium on Saturday.
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