Following Manchester United’s defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Jose Mourinho confirmed that Eric Bailly suffered a bad injury.

He is injured and I am afraid he is badly injured. In his knee, in the ligament area. He feels it is really bad.

Reports today suggest that the Ivorian will be out for six weeks, which means he will obviously miss Wednesday’s derby, as well as games against Arsenal and West Ham, with the possibility of him returning in time for Tottenham Hotspur.

This is awful news for United, given how poor we looked defensively on Sunday. With Chris Smalling, Daley Blind and Marcos Rojo the only other central defenders available, the next six weeks likely aren’t going to be too great for us on the pitch.