Woodgate rumours are rubbish: Real

REAL MADRID have acted quickly to calm fears that Jonathan Woodgate has suffered a relapse in his attempts to recover from his long-standing thigh injury.

The alarm bells sounded on Tuesday when Spanish radio programme ‘El Largero’ stated that the defender had broken down in training.

Woodgate, who joined Madrid last August, has yet to make his debut after failing to recover from a thigh injury he picked up playing for Newcastle against Chelsea in April 2004.