Ryan Taylor has avoided serious injury after breaking down in his comeback game for Newcastle United yesterday.
The Mail on Sunday says Taylor's knee injury is not as serious as first feared and the Newcastle midfielder will only need five weeks of rest before returning to training.
The 30-year-old was forced off after just 33 minutes of his first Premier League start in 32 months during Saturday's 1-0 win over QPR.
Taylor has twice battled back from cruciate ligament injuries and returned after two years on the sidelines at Manchester City last month.
But the Scouser succumbed to injury on his St James' Park comeback and there were concerns that he had suffered a reoccurrence of the same problem.
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