Keane close to resuming training

ROY KEANE will return to training in a fortnight with the Manchester United skipper set for his playing comeback ''within a month'', Football Association inquiries permitting.

The 31-year-old midfielder is currently recovering from the hip operation which manager Alex Ferguson initially felt would leave his captain on the sidelines for three months.

Ferguson then revised Keane's recovery time to six weeks, but it now appears his absence will stretch to two months, with United's other long-term injury victim Wes Brown set to return at the same time after his broken ankle.