Injured Jones Called Back In T&T Frame For Cuba Match

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Kenwyne Jones

Trinidad and Tobago have recalled injured Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones back into the 18 man World Cup Qualifying squad ahead of their November 19th Group A clash in Port of Spain against Cuba, which probably won’t sit well with Sunderland boss Roy Keane considering the last time he and FIFA Vice – President / Trinidad and Tobago Special AdvisorJack Warner squared off.

With Jones missing out on the Black Cats’ 2 – 1 loss against Portsmouth at the weekend after re – injuring his knee in training on Friday (the same knee he just came back from ligament damage) and ruling him out of Wednesday’s Carling Cup clash against Blackburn, Keane and the medical staff are taking no risks as the club has sent him to see a specialist.

Keane said on Sky Sports News: “Kenwyne had a scan yesterday and he is going to see a specialist today. We’ll have a better idea (of the full extent of the injury) this evening.

“It was a big blow for us to lose him on the Friday, just before the big game on the Saturday. But fingers crossed it is not too serious.”

Warner told the TTFF’s official website: “We are happy to have him back in the team.

“At first he was not called into the squad because of the fact that he was only now coming back from injury and we all know how difficult it can be for a player to get back to his accustomed place in the starting team for a club.

“We felt that it would serve him well to allow him that time. But when he indicated that he wanted to make a return for the Cuba game, we thought about it with manager Francis Maturana and we went ahead with the invitation.”

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Added on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 by

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