Dorus De Vries is reported to already be ahead of schedule and could return for the Cardiff game on November 30

De Vries was stretchered off 26 minutes into the Swans 0-0 draw with QPR on Tuesday night with an immediate diagnosis of six to eight weeks out of action.

The Swans moved to bring in Dimitrios Konstantopoulos on loan and he was on the bench yesterday as Artur Krysiak made his league debut with a clean sheet.

And whilst the repoort is not in the most reliable of places - News of the World - Richie Evans is quotes as saying that he will come back ahead of schedule and the report even suiggests it could be less than two weeks until his return to action - although that does seem very wildly optimistic and probably way too soon at the same time.

Evans said "We are more than hopeful he will make a comeback ahead of schedule.  The operation was a success.

"His food will have to be mashed for a while as he won't be able to eat any solids."

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