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Cleverley: I’ve been tearing my hair out

Tom Cleverley doesn’t have a date to return from injury yet and claims it is very frustrating having to watch the action from the sidelines. “The injury is not bad, I am just working hard with the physios and doing what they tell me at the minute,” Cleverley said. “I am in the gym just [...]

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Fletcher Takes “Extended Break” From Football

Fletcher Takes “Extended Break” From Football

Manchester United have today confirmed that Darren Fletcher will take an extended break from football for health reasons. Fletcher has been suffering from ulcerative colitis for some time which has lead to long periods on the sidelines. The club’s medical staff have advised that he takes time out from playing to give him the best [...]

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Injuries – Comparing United With Arsenal, Chelsea, City, Liverpool and Spurs…

Injuries – Comparing United With Arsenal, Chelsea, City, Liverpool and Spurs…

Even before the terrible news that Vidic’s season is over, many of us were already questioning whether the football Gods were conspiring against United with an unusually high rate of injuries this season. Indeed, some have gone further, raising the concern that this is not an isolated phenomenon but the continuation of a trend that [...]

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Vidic Out For The Season!

Manchester United have today confirmed that the injury Nemanja Vidic picked up in our 2-1 defeat to FC Basel will see him ruled out for the rest of the season. This is absolutely devastating news for the club, given the massive difference he makes to our defensive performances. “We thought it was a bad one,” [...]

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Ruptured Cruciate To Keep Vida Out For Months

Ruptured Cruciate To Keep Vida Out For Months

Nemanja Vidic left the stadium on crutches last night following our 2-1 defeat at the hands of FC Basel and his agent, Silvano Martina, has today confirmed the severity of the injury. “It seems inappropriate to talk about that, because unfortunately he has suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament.” In response to a follow-up question asking [...]

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Ando Out Until February – Time To Buy?

Ando Out Until February – Time To Buy?

Anderson has been ruled out until February with a knee injury he picked up earlier this month. His last game for United was against Otelul Galati where he was subbed off with ten minutes left to play. With Tom Cleverley out until Christmas and Sir Alex Ferguson resorting to playing our best striker in midfield [...]

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Owen Out Until Christmas

The club have today confirmed that Michael Owen will be out until Christmas after sustaining an injury in our 2-0 win over Otelul Galati. Owen was setting up the opening goal when picking up the injury, although it was initially thought not to be too serious. “Michael has a thigh muscle injury and will be [...]

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Smalling Out For A Month

Following our 1-0 victory over Everton, Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that we won’t see Chris Smalling for the next four weeks with the 21-year-old having a broken foot. “Smalling has a small fracture on his foot,” said Ferguson. “I think he’ll be out for a month and it’s unfortunate that one.”

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Vidic Injury Update Ahead Of Anfield

Nemanja Vidic hasn’t played for Manchester United since the opening day of the season against West Brom. Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones have all played their part in defence since, but after playing 90 minutes for Serbia this week, Sir Alex Ferguson is wondering whether Vidic is ready to start against Liverpool tomorrow. [...]

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Fergie: I Want Cleverley Ready For Anfield

Last week, Sir Alex Ferguson revealed that Nemanja Vidic, Tom Cleverley and Chris Smalling should be ready to return to the team after the International break. Today, he has revealed that they could play at Anfield in our next league game. Whilst Smalling almost certainly wouldn’t start, given the cover we currently have in defence, [...]

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Injury Update: Rooney, Vidic, Chicharito, Cleverley, Smalling, Evans…

Sir Alex Ferguson has today confirmed that Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez will be fit to face Norwich tomorrow. He has also given expected come back dates for longer term injuries, Vidic and Cleverley. “Wayne and Hernandez should be fit for tomorrow,” Ferguson said. “They’ve been training very well so I’m pleased. We’ll hopefully have [...]

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Cleverley Out For Four Weeks

Tom Cleverley has been ruled out for four weeks following a poor challenge from Kevin Davies in United’s 5-0 win over Bolton yesterday. Thankfully, the youngster who has claimed his starting position for the club, has not broken his foot as first feared, but suffered ligament damage. This means that whilst Tom will miss our [...]

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Van Persie: United Were Missing Players Too

Van Persie: United Were Missing Players Too

Any attempt from Arsenal fans to deflect yesterday’s humiliating defeat by pointing to their injured and suspended players has been dismissed by captain Robin Van Persie. The Dutchman, whose penalty was saved by David De Gea at 1-0, has reminded people that United were also missing players. Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, [...]

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Hargreaves: I Cried After Last Game For United. It’s A Wonderful Club.

Hargreaves: I Cried After Last Game For United. It’s A Wonderful Club.

Owen Hargreaves has given a frank interview today in The Daily Mail where he discusses his injury hell as well as his hopes for the future. He doesn’t have an agent and offered to play for United for free this season, showing the measure of the man, and sadly, making his story all the more [...]

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Chicharito Hospitalised With Concussion

Chicharito Hospitalised With Concussion

During training at the Red Bull Arena on Tuesday night, Javier Hernandez suffered mild concussion, ahead of United’s friendly clash with the MLS All-Stars. A club spokeswoman told ManUtd.com: “Chicharito sustained a mild concussion during training last night. We have taken all the necessary precautions, which included an overnight stay in hospital. The manager will [...]

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