I don't do grovelling.
Its now sounding like a "partial rupture" - quite what the difference between partial rupture and tear is you tell me. (they are the same).
Hence he still had mobility in the joint.
When Van Persie got injured he went on Dutch tv in November 2009 and told people he'd be out for 6 weeks.
He got reviewed November 22nd by a specialist and was advised that he needed surgery and ligament reconstruction. Sounds like exact same thing here.
Conservative approach. He may have floating cartillage that the surgeon wants to remove.
Basically, he could be back before the end of the season, but it sounds to me that Moyes doesn't want him rushing back hence the six month figure, as it sounds like they've confered on the type of injury and put that timescale in (as he doesn't want him playing at all in the summer).
And if you think thats drivel
thats up to you
but I aint grovelling as the diagnosis wouldn't have come back until at least after the Chelsea game and it took 9 days to get a diagnosis for Van Persie, same for this one and they wouldn't have known about him getting surgery till Monday just gone.