Manchester United expect
captain Gary Neville to be on the sidelines for a further three
weeks.
Neville damaged ankle ligaments during the early stages of United's
4-1 victory over Bolton Wanderers a fortnight ago.
Sir Alex Ferguson originally thought the full-back would be out for
three weeks, but it is now likely to be a total of five weeks out
of action.
"The swelling has only just gone down on his ankle, so the injury
was maybe a bit worse than we thought in terms of the swelling,"
Ferguson told its radio.
"But he's been doing some good work in the gym and I expect him to
be back in the first team in three weeks' time."
Neville, who missed England's Euro 2008 qualifiers with Israel and
Andorra, is likely to sit out both legs of United's UEFA Champions
League quarter-final with Roma, and the FA Cup semi-final with
Watford.
Meanwhile, Ferguson has confirmed Edwin van der Sar and Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer are in contention to feature against Blackburn Rovers on
Saturday, while Darren Fletcher is close to a return after an ankle
problem.
The United boss added: "Edwin and Ole are both fit and their
experience will be vital for us during this last period of the
season.
"Darren Fletcher has been training very well. He's moved on to
football training now having regained full fitness which is
terrific.
"The original prognosis wasn't great, but he's doing very well now
and we expect him to be back in two weeks."
