Who can replace Vidic for the rest of this season?
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More misery for United as Vidic suffers knee ligament damage in Champions League defeat
Down and out: Vidic went down in agony after a coming together with Streller
Blow: The United captain could face a lengthy spell on the sidelines
Heartbreak: The Serbia international left the field on a stretcher
　
Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering knee ligament damage.
The Serbia international twisted his knee shortly before the interval during United's Champions League defeat at Basle and left the field on a stretcher.
Vidic went down in obvious pain after a tangle of legs involving Marco Streller and was immediately replaced by Jonny Evans.
On a disappointing night for United after crashing out of the Champions League, manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed the defender had suffered medial knee ligament damage.
'We don't know with Vidic,' Ferguson said. 'It's certainly medial ligament but hopefully that's the worst it is.'
Vidic was seen leaving the St Jakob's Park Stadium on crutches and could face up to four months on the sidelines.
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4 months out? by the time he comes back in April, united could be out of the league title chase and long out of the fa cup lor.
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gd luck , or time to buy CB like Hummels, Subotic and etc
expecting spurs to get the 2nd spot now -
Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic set to miss rest of season after rupturing knee ligaments against Basle
Manchester United’s hangover from their Champions League exit in Basle intensified with news that Nemanja Vidic is likely to be sidelined for the rest of the season with ruptured cruciate knee ligaments.
Pain game: Nemanja Vidic is injured in Champions League defeat......The Serbian defender immediately indicated he was in trouble after falling awkwardly following a challenge from Marco Streller during the first-half of the Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson said after the game his captain had suffered ligament damage, but hoped the damage to his right knee was not too serious.
However, after Vidic underwent a scan on Thursday, his agent Silvano Martina said: “Unfortunately he has suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament.” Asked if the player would be out for several months, the agent said: “Unfortunately so, yes.”
Ferguson will give a definitive assessment at this morning’s scheduled press conference to preview Saturday’s Premier League encounter with Wolves.
The Serbian’s return from a calf problem sustained in the opening-day win at West Brom was cited by many as the moment Manchester United’s defensive difficulties began to ease.
Despite repeated suggestions the player would leave Old Trafford, Vidic remains one of the key figures in Ferguson’s squad and his absence would place additional focus on younger players such as Phil Jones and Chris Smalling, who were chided by Roy Keane in Switzerland last night. It would certainly cause Ferguson a major headache given his other defensive stalwart, Rio Ferdinand, is rarely able to string games together due to a series of muscular problems.
Ferdinand admitted last night United will face “ridicule” for dropping into the Europa League. In the past, United fans have taunted their Liverpool counterparts over Europa League participation by chanting “Thursday night, Channel Five”.
But Ferdinand insisted: “No matter what gets said, ridiculed or not, we respect the tournament and will go in there to win it.
“We are definitely good enough to bounce back,” he said.
“It is only a couple of weeks ago people were saying we were going to be champions and we were going to do this and that. It doesn’t change after one night in Europe.
“We have a lot of players here with valuable experience. That will come into play now.”
As if playing in the Europa League was not bad enough for United, they and Manchester City also face the prospect of having the second leg of their second-round ties rescheduled for a midweek afternoon.
Teams from the same city are banned from playing at home on the same day, which would mean United or City having to move their fixture to Tuesday or Wednesday, given that both clubs are seeded and will play their second legs at home.
But Uefa is also determined to prevent a Europa League match from clashing with a Champions League game.
With the possibility of extra time and penalties, the latest time at which a Europa League game could kick-off, if Uefa decides to enforce this convention, is 5pm.
It is the same fate that befell Everton two years ago when they had a clash with Liverpool and were eventually ordered to play Sporting Lisbon on the Tuesday, with a 5.45pm kick-off.
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heng fergie go buy Jones, else united is facing a defensive crisis.
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the worrying thing, this is quite a serious injury.. and when he is back, with his age, I am not sure he will be the tower of strength. now, MUFC got two old horses, Rio and Vidic.. and with forever-improving Johnny Evans.. Not a good sign..
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Originally posted by Rooney_07:
heng fergie go buy Jones, else united is facing a defensive crisis.
the thing that is bugging me, what happens to the brazilians twins??
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D Berbatov Ankle/Foot Injury - Sometime in Dec
M Owen Thigh Muscle Strain 27th Dec 11
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All these are only expected back by or after 31st Dec 11
J Hernandez Ankle/Foot Injury
Rafael Knock
Fabio Hamstring Injury
T Cleverley Ankle/Foot Injury
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Anderson Knee Injury Feb 12
N Vidic ACL Knee Injury Jun 12
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
the thing that is bugging me, what happens to the brazilians twins??
injury prone
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seems a ton of injuries this season...wtf did they do in the pre-season man???
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cahill??
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In reply to the topic title....johnny evans? I mean a resurgent johnny evans
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Jone injuired liao. Knn
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
In reply to the topic title....johnny evans? I mean a resurgent johnny evans
Wah no one believes me ah.....lol.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
Wah no one believes me ah.....lol.
evans too uncertain leh... anytime can make mistakes one... then his mistakes always during important games like winning 1-0 or draw, he dun like to make mistakes when man utd thrashing opponents deh... -
chellini from Juventus
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johnny !!!