Ferdinand out of Chelsea clash

November 06, 2009

RIO Ferdinand is facing an extended period on the sidelines as United try to get to the bottom of his latest injury concern.

Ferdinand has already been ruled out of Sunday's Premier League showdown with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge after failing to recover from a calf injury that has been plaguing him for a couple of weeks.

However, Sir Alex Ferguson now fears the injury may be related to a lower back complaint.

"There has been no improvement," said the United boss.

"We are having to look at something different because usually you are back from a calf injury within two or three weeks.

"But there is no sign of recovery from this injury so we are looking at whether it is to do with his lower back."

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lum (06/11/2009 at 11:24)

couldt they have sorted this in summer? another sterling performance from the medical staff

Dukinfield Blue, Manchester (06/11/2009 at 11:39)

Ferdinand out?, I reckon that improves your chance of getting a result personally.

A Manc and blue (06/11/2009 at 11:47)

Rio not playing will mean it is his best performance of the season

Steve in Brussels (06/11/2009 at 12:01)

its not good when you get back issues as it affects everything else. Rio should start doing yoga stretching like giggs and keane did as it helped them a lot. If he can sort this then he could play for another 5 or 6 years but ff not then sell him to the financial tools in madrid for 30 million as he may be dogged for the rest of his career.

Bert's Neck Brace, somerset (06/11/2009 at 12:22)

Is he really injured or is this just a cover story because he's lost his form recently???

Wouldn't surprise me!

Manchester United- the team despised by most Mancunians and the majority of football fans., Tick tock, not long now. (06/11/2009 at 12:44)

Seeing he has Saturday morning off he should get down to the Post Office and pay his overdue car tax.
Personally I hope he plays in all your games, Most of the opposing teams think so also.

Mick Red, London (06/11/2009 at 12:45)

I have a nasty feeling Drogba is going to have a field day on Sunday! Lets hope our centre mid is inspired enough to produce some defense spliting balls for us to score more than them!!!

Patrick McLOUGHLIN, North Carolina, USA (06/11/2009 at 13:23)

chelsea (at this time) is the best team in the premier league..and possibly all of europe..manchester united are limping along from game to game with no leadership..defence of vidic/ferdinand in the past..and dasilva twins/o`shea/brown/neville not good enough..midfield too not good enough with carrick/anderson/scholes poor substitutes against the midfield calibre of chelsea of ession/lampart.ballack/terry... except for rooney and (sometimes) berbatov no power in our attack..owen is far past his prime and nani and valencia never play to their possible potential as goal scorers..damm..if only united had the striker of the calibre of fernando torres..a world class striker that is a danger to score goals everytime he gets possession of the ball..in conclusion our united team (this season) will not win the premier league (or) champions league with players like brown/neville/o`shea/nani/dasilva twins/owen/nani/ playing on a regular basis..they are simply NOT GOOD ENOUGH..chelsea and arsenal seem to be getting better everyweek and united are mediocre to say the least..why on earth did sir.alex ferguson not spend good monies on better players during the summer months (both) for midfield players and strikers..manchester united are simply not good enough this season to win silverware..and please do not reply that this is a negative blog..no..any football fan supporting manchester united (and l have for over fifty years) knows our team is much a weakened squad this season..respectfully..enough said/

ENGINEER, Heywood (06/11/2009 at 13:29)

Not bad of the 7 comments her mos are from idiot city fans as usual reading about united as their team are uninteristing.

Gilly, Belgium (06/11/2009 at 13:44)

Get better RIO

danny, WILMSLOW (06/11/2009 at 13:45)

With Fergie you never know as those who knew the Lee Sharpe story could testify.
For me he is a pussy and the sooner he goes the better.

Clustim, Swigging Super Bock, Algarve, Portugal. (06/11/2009 at 14:08)

I just knew that picking up that wad every week would give him a bad back.

Monkey tennis?, yes please (06/11/2009 at 14:22)

Rio on his day was brilliant and a class apart. The injuries have plagued him of late and whether he can get it all cleared up to be able to get back is a mighty big question, but if he does he'll still be a good player. he most definitely shouldn't be judged on his latter performances.

And what's with the blues on here, shouldn't you girls be addressing why you've not won in the last 4 premiership games rather than getting concerned with our injured players...?? no thought not - you'll always be too interested in us.

When the seagulls follow the trawler, N Ireland (06/11/2009 at 15:54)

Dukinfield Blue, Manchester your not wrong there and i'm obviously a utd fan but can i just say your one of only a few City fans that speak some sence in your posts.

BluePrint, Four Corners (06/11/2009 at 16:58)

Fergie should also be worried about Vidic who is being exposed by the likes of Torres (who was readily handcuffed by Terry). To me Vidic
was also exposed by Kenwynee Jones goal for which Foster was wholly blamed. Rio's injury or absence amplified that there is something
wrong with Vidic this season.
Fergie might be concerned that Vidic might be engineering his move. A couple of replacements might be in order. IMHO.

Seamus, Vanisle,ex-Stretford (06/11/2009 at 17:43)

Rio's injuries seem to be getting worse, and at 31 years of age it's going to take him longer to recover. Great player, but I fear that if/when he comes back he'll never be the same as he was. Good young lad out on loan at Watford, Cathcart, and I can see him being recalled in January. If healthy, Vida has to step up and get back to the form he used to have, if he does, he and Evans will do fine, but it's looking more and more like we need to shore up that central defense somehow.

M J O'Connor (06/11/2009 at 18:17)

Although I fully respect what Rio has done for our football club, and he has done a lot believe me. I still can't forgive him for doing that to Jonny Evans in Rome. Declaring himself fit when he was clearly not and hasn't been since March, thus costing United and a kid who had done nothing wrong all season his rightful place in the starting eleven that night. Woefully exposed by Bellamy and Torres for pace, and remember the first half against Spurs last year, before 5 second half goals pulled us and him out of it.
He can be awesome at times, but who remembers the dinner in London with Kenyon, when he got embarassed in to signing a new contract!!!!!

There's Only One Keano, Baltimore, USA (06/11/2009 at 18:24)

Given the choice, I'd still pick a 50% fit Rio ahead of the 4 foot tall Kolo Toure or the 5m pound-rated Lescott at CB - if they are honest, so would the Bitters. If the physios do determine that Rio is knackered for good, we'll probably be able to flog him off to Sparky for the 29m we paid for him in 2002.

As fantastic as he is when healthy, Rio has become a liability when playing injured this season. This is a great opportunity for Evans to demonstrate that he's ready for prime time and perhaps begin to forge a real pairing with Vidic. I can't see a clean sheet, but I think we'll be surprised at how well our CBs play this weekend - provided that SAF selects the proper midfield players/formation/tactics. Left exposed, Vidic and Evans will have a long day.

7501 , Manchester (06/11/2009 at 19:39)

Berties, look at his rap sheet. Several Premierships, Champions League, F A Cup to name a few. More than your club has in it's entire history never mind the last empty 34 yrs. If he never played again he'd still go down as a great. Who can you say that about? Other clubs leftovers like Tevez, Adebayor, Bridge etc maybe.

E p jones (06/11/2009 at 20:11)

Blue fan's go back to the council site . Quid a kid . PATHETIC.

tooth&claw, manchester (06/11/2009 at 22:30)

BluePrint, yeah, what we need is two centre halves to the value of £50m like Toure and Lescott. Oh no stop!!!!! My sides are splitting!!!! HAHAHAHA! Toure and Lescott! Brilliant. I won't sleep now for laughing.

steve the wandering red manc, Australia (07/11/2009 at 01:50)

Give Rio a break...He's been a brilliant player for us and shouldn't be judged on this season whilst carrying injuries. He'll come back strong once all the injuries are cleared up. A lot of so called United fans are so quick to rubbish our players during a short dip in form

ROGERMELLIE, DENTON (07/11/2009 at 09:43)

I think we should all put our money on a 2-2 draw, with Utd equalisiing in injury time. This would be a good result for all.

I think Ferdi needs a change, maybe become a comentator on EUFA football on channel 5.

England need a replacement for him urgently, he is an absolute liability.

CTID

danny, WILMSLOW (07/11/2009 at 10:22)

Ryan Shawcross was a Priority signing for Stoke and he was given away at 1 million. Pique was another top player sold on the cheap.
To be honest there is more chance Shawcross going to the world cup than Rio. He is bigger braver and it was another poor decision by Fergie to sell him.
Ancelloti believes Chelsea can capitalise on Uniteds midfield compared to theirs its pretty poor.
Also if Fergie tries another encore of all our yesterdays as he did with Liverpool he might as well give them the game.
We need to win this one we have been loosing far to often recently to our big rivals three in a row to a very poor Liverpool.

Manchester united fan forever based in OldTrafford, Old Trafford (08/11/2009 at 11:59)

form is temporay class is forever. thats what they say. The pace of the prem mybe to much for him right now i think Rio would fit in nicely at Barcalona or Realmardrid as they keep the ball for long peiods of time which will take the strane off Rio. He would be a awarsome in italy as would Gggs

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