Sir Alex Ferguson has
confirmed that Nemanja Vidic will be sidelined for several weeks
with a dislocated shoulder.
The Manchester United defender suffered the injury as he fell in
the Blackburn area during Saturday's 4-1 victory at Old
Trafford.
He immediately signalled he was in trouble and had to be
stretchered off to be replaced by John O'Shea.
And Ferguson told its' TV: "It could be four weeks.
"Hopefully it's only four weeks, but we'll get a proper prognosis
tomorrow (Sunday)."
Gary Neville and Mikael Silvestre are also missing through injury
but Ferguson has confidence in fringe players like Wes Brown, who
played the full 90 minutes against Blackburn.
"It's difficult, but I said a few weeks ago the most important
players here were the substitutes, and they've now got to prove
themselves," he said.
"Wes Brown's settled in with Rio at the back and they've played
many times together. Wes has got great experience so we're very
lucky.
"There's been blows to Gary, Mikael and now Nemanja, but the
players have shown their resolve.
"All we'll have to do is maybe bring young (Craig) Cathcart, the
captain of our youth team, into the equation because he's an
excellent young defender."
