This season has been a nightmare for Sir Alex Ferguson with all the injuries United have had, especially in defence. It looks like the defensive injury curse has struck again. 

United’s in-form striker Wayne Rooney was a doubt for the massive second leg Champions League clash against AC Milan this Wednesday. The good news is that Rooney will be able to play due to the condition not as serious as first thought.

Rooney has been suffering with an inflamed kneecap tendon, which will go within three weeks but it isn’t serious enough to stop him playing.

So we get a bit of good news, well actually it is very good news but that hasn’t lasted long. Reports today are suggesting that Wes Brown may have suffered a broken metatarsal in his left foot.

If this is true then not only would this rule him out for around three months but it will probably mean that Brown will miss the World Cup this summer. It was very likely he would have been chosen in the England squad.

Nothing has been confirmed yet, that is expected to happen tomorrow.

Ahead of the Community Shield this Sunday Man United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Man United have a few injury woes.

You should know that Edwin Van Der Sar is injured and will be out for two months. Fergie has confirmed that whoever plays out of Ben Foster and Tomasz Kuszczak, they will be Man United's number one until Van Der Sar returns.

Sir Alex has also confirmed that Nemanja Vidic will miss the first game of the season against Birmingham, a week on Sunday. He should be Ok for the second match against Burnley.

Wes Brown should be fit and ready for the start of the season and Gary Neville is struggling with a groin injury.

"Everyone is fit apart from Wes, Vidic and Neville," Sir Alex said during his press conference.
"Gary has done a bit of training, and he is coming along fine. And I expect Wes to be fit for the Birmingham match.

"Vidic is another week or two away and Edwin's injury is a bad one. He's out for 8-10 weeks, of course. So my first selection dilemma for Sunday is in goal."

It has been revealed that Manchester United defender Wes Brown will be out until the rest of the season. Brown was expected to make his first team return after playing a few matches for Man United reserves but unfortunately he has suffered a setback.

I have had a few emails asking me whether Wes Brown is injured. Thank you for your emails, I have replied to you but for everybody else, here is Manchester United's injury list.

United only have two injuries- Rafael da Silva, he should be back on the 21st March after suffering from an ankle injury.
The other injured player is Owen Hargreaves who should be back for the start of next season.

It doesn't look like Wes Brown is injured but you never really know.



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There could be some good defensive injury news for Manchester United before tomorrows important match against Inter Milan.

Both Jonny Evans and John O'Shea have travelled with the United squad to Spain.
Yesterday it looked like United would be without Jonny Evans (injured), John O'Shea (injured), Gary Neville (injured), Wes Brown (injured) and Nemanja Vidic (suspended) for the vital game but Evans and O'Shea have travelled.

It doesn't mean that they are both fit but because they have gone to Spain that must mean that there is a slight chance that either one or both of them could be fit for the game.



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Sir Alex has been talking ahead of tomorrows match against Spurs and has revealed the current injury situation.

Harry Redknapp may be choosing a mixed team tomorrow through choice but it looks like we may have to pick some youngsters without having a choice.

Anderson was stretchered off with what looked like a serious leg injury, possibly a break. The good news is that Anderson has had a scan, it isn't broken and he will be out for three weeks.

Nani who also picked up an injury midweek against Derby will be out for tomorrows FA Cup match but he will only be out for a week.

First reports on Jonny Evans were suggesting that he would only be out for a week but the ankle injury he picked up against Derby will keep him out for three weeks.

So, here are the players who are unavailable for the FA Cup match against Tottenham:

Rio Ferdinand, Anderson, Nani, Rafael da Silva, Patrice Evra, Wayne Rooney, Wes Brown, Jonny Evans and Ji-sung Park.

The good news is that Rio Ferdinand and Wes Brown will be fit for the Everton match (at Old Trafford) which is currently scheduled to be on the 2nd January but if either teams have to play an FA Cup replay then it will be brought forward to the 31st Jan.
United as you should know play Tottenham and Everton have an easier match which is against Liverpool.

Since last nights 1-0 victory over Wigan and Wayne Rooney coming off injured there has been much talk about which Man United stars are injured? Here are the answers to your questions:

1. Wayne Rooney- Hamstring Injury- expected to return on the 8th February.
2. Patrice Evra- Ankle/Foot Injury- expected to return on the 2nd February.
3. Rio Ferdinand- Back Injury- expected to return on the 29th January.
4. Ben Foster- Thumb/Wrist Injury- no return date.
5. Wes Brown- Sprained Ankle/Ankle Surgery- expected to return on the 17th January.
6. Owen Hargreaves- Jumpers Knee/Knee Injury- expected to returnin May.

So those are the official injurys but we do have two other injury doubts- Tevez and Evans, these two will be checked over by Man United's medical staff.

Here is the Premier League Injury Table-

1. Newcastle with 12 injuries.
2. Arsenal with 6 injuries.
3. Bolton with 6 injuries.
4. Everton with 6 injuries.
5. Manchester City with 6 injuries.
6. Manchester United with 6 injuries.
7. West Brom with 5 injuries.
8. Middlesbrough with 4 injuries.
9. Blackburn with 3 injuries.
10. Chelsea with 3 injuries.
11. Hull with 3 injuries.
12. Liverpool with 3 injuries.
13. Portsmouth with 3 injuries.
14. Sunderland with 3 injuries.
15. Aston Villa with 2 injuries.
16. Fulham with 2 injuries.
17. West Ham with 2 injuries.
18. Stoke with 1 injury.
19. Tottenham with 1 injury.
20. Wigan with 0 injuries.

These are all subject to change.

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Manchester United captain Gary Neville is in his final year of his contract and hasn't been offered a new one, this has resulted in many Manchester United fans thinking that maybe this will be the final season that we will see Gary Neville in a Manchester United shirt.

Nevile has recently been out for around 16 months due to injury and it looks like he may not be offered a new contract.
It is tipped that youngster Rafael Da Silva will replace him and Wes Brown who did replace him last season has recently been given a new four year contract so that will limit Neville's opportunities.

Neville said: “I just need games. Having been out for so long, I need a run of five, six or seven matches.
“It’s just a case of remaining patient, keeping fit and training well every day.”

Neville is 33 years old so is it time for him to retire or to move onto a club where he will be getting more football?
It would be a shame to see Neville leave but after his lengthy injury will he ever be back to his best?

With no Premier League matches this weekend due to International World Cup Qualifiers, some Manchester United players were playing for their countries, here is how they got on.

I will start off with my country, England. Two Manchester United players got onto the scoresheet. Captain Rio Ferdinand scored the first of five England goals against Kazakhstan. That was followed by an own goal for Kazakhstan and then two goals from Wayne Rooney, the final goal came from Jermain Defoe.
Wes Brown was also playing and he looked comfortable throughout the match, and I mayb'e be wrong but he spent most of his time in the oppostitions half providing space for Theo Walcott.

Darren Fletcher was captain for Scotland and their match against Norway finished 0-0. The main point of this match was the awful miss by Wolves striker Chris Iwelumo which has now been dubbed as 'the worst miss by a Scotland player in living memory". Poor bloke!

Two Manchester United players played in Portugal's 0-0 draw away to Sweden. The two players were Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Patrice Evra was with France and they finished in a 2-2 draw after falling behind 2-0 to Romania.

Nemanja Vidic was playing for Serbia who beat Lithuania 3-0.

Jonny Evan's played for Northern Ireland after flying out later after recovering after an illness. Northern Ireland lost 2-0.

Carlos Tevez was in action for Argentina and they won 2-1 against Uruguay in a feisty match.

Manucho was in the Angola squad but he didn't play in the match, Anderson was a substitute for Brazil who were 4-0 winners against Venezuela.

We had another captain, Park was captain for South Korea who won 3-1 against Uzbekistan, this match was a friendly.

This weeks Player Of The Week is Wes Brown, Brown has been at Manchester United since 1992, after Gary Neville's injury he has forced himself into the first team squad and recently signed a new contract.

Brown began his serious football career at Burnage High School and Fletcher Moss Rangers.
Wes spent time with Manchester United's football academy and joined United at the age of 12.
Wes Brown signed a professional contract at United at the age of 17 on the 4th November 1996.
He went through the reserve and youth teams winning the FA Youth Cup and a Lancashire Division One medal with the reserves. He also added a Denzil Haroun Young Player of the Year award to his collection.

4th May 1998 and Wes Brown made his debut for the Manchester United first team in the Premiership, he came off the bench to play Leeds United.
Brown broke into the first team a year later (1998-1999) when he made a few first team appearances, this was also the year that United won the treble.

2000 would be a bad year for Brown, he suffered a string of injuries whilst training and he didnt play a single competitive game all year. Brown did return and he returned with a bang, he had a fantastic 2000-2001 campaign which was folled by a successful 2001-2002 campaign.
Wes Brown's reputation grew and in the 2002-2003 season he suffered another set back when he tore a knee ligament on the final day of the season.
Brown returned from this injury midway through the 2003-2004 season.

Brown hadn't scored a goal for three years until a goal against one of United's bitter rivals Liverpool on the 23rd March 2008 in the 3-0 win. Brown signed a new five year contract with United after months of speculation. He has now forced his way into the England squad and recently scored his forth goal for Manchester United in a 2-0 win at Blackburn.

Honours:
Premier League: Winner (5): 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08
Runner-up (1): 2005–06
FA Cup: Winner (2): 1998–99, 2003–04
Runner-up (2): 2004–05, 2006–07
Football League Cup: Winner (1): 2005–06
Runner-up (1): 2002–03
FA Community Shield: Winner (3): 2003, 2007, 2008
Runner-up (1): 2001
UEFA Champions League: Winner (2): 1998–99, 2007–08
UEFA Super Cup: Runner-up (1): 2008

As you probably no, Manchester United aren't in action this weekend with internationals being played. There were a few United players in action last night for their countries and this is how they got on.

Carlos Tevez- Tevez managed to get himself sent off after only half an hour, he was given a straight red even though he was already on a yellow card. Argentina were already a goal down against Paraguay at this point (former United defender Gabriel Henize scored an own goal) but the match finished as a draw.

Wayne Rooney- Rooney was the only English Man United player to play tonight, Wes Brown was on the bench and Rio Ferdinand was ruled out of the Andorra match due to a stiff back. The good news is that England won, 2-0 but the bad news is that Rooney didnt score, if only he can get one goal and then I think he will gain confidence and score loads.

John O'Shea- O'Shea played 90 minutes for the Republic Of Ireland, who beat Georgia 2-1 in Germany, I watched the match and O'Shea did ok, he did have a fantastic chance to score though but his header was over the bar.

Darren Fletcher- Fletcher played for 90 minutes for Scotland but unfortuntly they were beaten 1-0 by Macedonia.

Jonny Evans- Evans played 90 minutes for Northern Ireland but they also lost, the final score was 2-1 in Slovakia.

Patrice Evra- Evra played in the biggest shock defeat of the night, France lost 3-1 to Austria.

Dimitar Berbatov- New United player Berbatov was nearly on the loosing end but Bulgaria got a last minute equaliser against Montenegro.

Luis Nani- Nani had a fairly easy night, Portugal beat Malta 4-0 with Nani getting the final goal. It was also former Manchester United assistant Carlos Quieiroz' first competitive match as Portugal manager.

Nemanja Vidic- Vidic and Serbia were off to a winning start with a 2-0 win over the Faroe Islands.