Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani has discovered the harm that stored him out of the defeat to Manchester City is a recurrence of tendon harm.
Cavani ignored the two-0 derby loss to the Premier League champions at Old Trafford on Saturday after scoring in the win at Tottenham and creating a substitute appearance throughout the Champions League draw at Atalanta.
The striker become omitted from Uruguay's squad for World Cup qualifiers against Argentina and Bolivia following the setback.
Cavani says the damage is one he turned into also afflicted by using in pre-season but did no longer shed any mild on how lengthy he might be sidelined for.
The forward advised El Observador: "The trouble was like this. Before beginning the season, I had pain in a tendon.
"It made me spend more than one weeks out until I started to advantage a few minutes [on the pitch] in my group. I needed to pass returned to the national group, always with a bit of ache, but with the hope that it'd disappear. It turned into improving but, after Tottenham, it began coming again.
"They are tough accidents and I determined to have the remedy so that it does no longer retain to get worse, and to get better as soon as feasible to be healthy for my group and the country wide group."
Cavani has handiest started two video games for the Red Devils this season, coming off the bench six times and scoring simply the one intention in opposition to Spurs.
Struggling United are next in action in opposition to Watford at Vicarage Road on November 20.
