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Thu 08 Aug 2008Keane's prayers answered
ROY KEANE promised he would be saying his prayers for Kenwyne Jones when the Sunderland striker underwent an exploratory knee operation on Monday and yesterday they were answered.
Keane feared the surgery would confirm Jones had ruptured a cruciate ligament and would be out for most of the season. Instead the diagnosis was unexpectedly positive with a prognosis that the centre-forward will be back in the first team in six to eight weeks.
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