Stoke City forward Ricardo Fuller's knee injury is not as serious as first feared.

The Jamaican international damaged ligaments in his left knee during the Reggae Boyz's 2-1 friendly defeat against Grenada last Tuesday.

The 28-year old was immediately sent for a scan to assess the seriousness of his injury, but the lengthy lay-off being initially mooted has now been played down by Stoke's director of football John Rudge.

He told The Sentinel: "We don't think it is serious, but I think Ricardo is due in American on Monday for his check-up. We obviously want to make sure and find out the score with his knee at the earliest available opportunity.

"He seems OK in himself about it and was certainly walking all right when I met him."