Tony Mowbray is confident Ronnie Wallwork can make a full recovery following his stabbing/

Last updated : 03 December 2006 By Danny Deeming
West Brom boss Tony Mowbray is confident Ronnie Wallwork can make a full recovery following his stabbing in a Manchester nightclub.The 29-year-old, who had been loaned to Barnsley, suffered multiple stab wounds in Thursday night's attack at the Sugar Lounge bar in Manchester city centre. Wallwork was stabbed in the hand, stomach and back and underwent extensive surgery as a result. But Mowbray said the former Manchester United star was making a good recovery. Mowbray said: "The stabbing is not something we spoke about before the game but I am sure it would have been on the players' minds. "The players have been very, very concerned, as has everyone at the club. "I understand he was in the operating theatre for five or six hours but we have been in regular touch with his family who inform us he is now sitting up in bed and is going to be fine. "It is too early to say what his future will be at this club - let us just get him out of hospital and then we will talk."