Rio Ferdinand was substituted with three minutes remaining in Wednesday’s 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the Champions League. A stretcher came on for him inititally but in the end he was able to walk off the pitch, obviously in pain.
Rio went straight to hospital in an ambulance with United left to fear he had broken his ribs, which could have ruled him out for the rest of the season. He left hospital with good news though, that nothing was broken, rather was suffering from severe bruising and swelling.
Whilst this will rule him out on Saturday’s match against Middlesbrough, it is very likely he will be able to turn out at the Emirates next week.
Our defender has been given strong painkillers and is under strict instructions to rest up this weekend, with the hope of taking part in United’s training session on Monday before travelling down to London.
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Source, please?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/apr/30/rio-ferdinand-manchester-united-champions-league
You beat me to it Scott.Great news!
YESSSS !
i tell you what,Rio will have a horrible life after football. He has committed so much to the cause that he has inherited some really nugginf injuries.But i am glad he is still here.Even like this he is a major influence!
Wooo Hoooo Excellent!!
Thanks Scott, I can go to bed with one less thing to worry about now
MASSIVE!!
I, too, am over=joyed with this news. Rio is a terrific defender, team player, and leader – he’s a key part of the team.
On a related subject, I watched some part of last night’s game again – I know, I need a life. What is especially striking about UTD’s play is the number of times the ball goes back to the keeper from the central defenders and then back up the park in short stages. Obviously, Edwin is a terrific passer and has a terrific first-touch – didn’t Dennis Bergkamp say that he had the best first touch on the Ajax CL-winning team of the mid-nineties ? The ball-playing ability of the back triangle is exemplary and they really do provide the platform from which attacks are launched. Compared to them, most other teams are content to hoof it down-field.
denton that has really been a trademark United pattern for the last 3 years.It has become so common that we forget that we rarely did it in the past.It’s a fantastic way to take the sting out of the opposition.And the back triangle are fantastic passers of the ball.
RIO! RIO! RIO!
I fear for the worse, thank God everything is ok for Rio, lets hope he play on tuesday.
And contraty to his groin injury, once he plays,we can be pretty certain that he won’t aggravate it.Unless if VDS takes him out again!
Some people are obviously too premature.The Daily Mail believes that he broke a rib because he was coughing up blood. Fergie will clarify things tomorrow but at the moment i believe that he hasn’t broken anything.
whats up chaps,i will believe that rio is playin when i see his name in the starting line up,the press are all showing different stories, personally i hope he dont play ,personally i hope he is back immediately after the champions league game lol
i saw a cracked rib in a report earlier,iv head of players wearing rubber vests as protection though and playing with such injuries
are you lot really doin a carlos tevez petition?? lmao
Yes AW there have been conflicting stories.He is definitely out of the Riveside game but from then on there are stories keeping him out from 6 days to 3 weeks.No one knows for sure unfortunately.We have to hope the bruising goes away soon.But Vida and Evans have a good chemistry.8 league games together,8 wins and just 1 goal concede.But sometimes i feel we are ungrateful to be talking about injuries given Arsenal’s problems.
costas,my team are the most injury prone bunch,never trust the press on injurys, man utd wouldnt release a statment on this givin out info to the enemy,their all gamblin on reports because its an important matter and they have to report.rio wont be seen till tuesday night at the very least, thats the only way you will know if he plays,personally i think he will play
the thing about a few arsenal players costa,they are kind of hypnotized into a mindframe by wenger, these scene has to be perfect,a minor injury or even a slight breeze in the wrong direction is enough to put a couple of our players off, Djourou is a volunteer to lie on a stratcher at any given opportunity
sometimes u gotta just play with a knock,ignore it as best you can an give 100%, players who base their game on complete talent without a balance of heart love flyin home to africa or holland for 3 weeks with a sprained ankle, rio is lucky he didnt run back onto the pitch last night, fergie had to rush on an tell him he had been replaced to stop him
I think that they refused to give a report because they can’t know either.United have also been very injury prone this year.It’s just that Arsenal’s injuries have mounted up at the worst time.
Call me a trator, but I think my team Arsenal have no chance, if United score we are out basically, Rio or no Rio. Our Defence is shocking, and now Silvestre is also out. So we left with 2 recogined CB’s one of which is injury prone (Djourou) who will now have to play on saturday.
You guys were awsome, in the first half, and deserved atleast a three goal lead into the next match.
I think Man U will beat Barca, but Chelsea may be different. I h8 chelsea, but see this as the final, so if we dont pull off the mirical then COME ON MANCHESTER UNITED, BEAT THE CHAVS!!!!
bad luck maybe,i still think rio would try run off certain problems where as our boys treat the stretcher like a water bed
It;’s still in the balance.Don’t forget howdifferent Roma were in the second game of your tie with them.But if we do go through,i prefer Barca as ou opponents.Can’t stand finishing off our year again against Drogba and tiny tears.
im definantly supporting man utd if they meet chelsea in the final,naturally id like to see thierry get a medal but i hate them cheating pricks at barca like puyol amd marqess and cant believe thierry got romantic with barca after the way they set out to kick his legs off in paris
AW i don’t think that can happen.i don’t think there are more brave players than others.Saha is an example of a player that can’t get away from his problems.It was never his fault.He wasn’t allowed to play.And you can bet that Rio won’t play unless he is 100%.It’s very risky playing with bruised ribs.
costas it is because this is a game where you could need all your subs because that game could twist an turn an tactics might need changing more than once, risking rio and havin to replace him because of injury after 10 minutes is a risk, lose options by blowin subs,but then a half fit ferdie is still a force
sah is definantly brave, eduardo will live the life of a saha solskier type now,he will get goals but i see a acreer of problems with injury for him now, same as diaby
i think a longterm injury does influence you career in the longterm.Ruud Van Nistelrooy has had problems after the big injury in 2000.Solskjaer the same.But in moderne football,injuries are becoming a lot more frequent.Rio is now at this age where niggling injuries won’t let go as easily as they would some years ago.Rio can help even half fit but rib injuries can turn out nasty if you are not careful.
anyone see that tackle on henry lansbury? we put him out on loan and the latest tackle ever broke his leg,the ref gave the player a yellow card and his manager told him to get off the pitch an played on with 10 men,the f.a have to start doing something about these hatchet men running around
hopefully rio wont get too many injuries or we will sign him when he is 38 and 7th choice for man utd
costas footballers rarely stay healthy, i went to a testimonial match a few years ago and ian wright could hardly kick a ball without fallin over,he had problems even walking, he had only been retired for maybe 3 years at the time,the amount of pain killing injections george graham used to pump into that back four im suprised their all in good health, them oldskool guys were tough
If you want to look at hatchet men look at the Tottenham twat Palacios.He almost handed Ronaldo’s legs to him,no foul was given and Webb only apologised for the penalty.And now we play at Boro with that other butcher Pogatetz.I think these kinds of thugs are hiding behind the terms commitment and loyalty for their disgracefull tackles.
You are right about injuries.They make a ton of money but i would never want Keane’s hip problems or Pallister’s back problems.Not to mention a certain Davis Busst.
that pagatetz tackle was as bad as the eduardo tackle, i cant believe that kid didnt break his leg, i had eduardo flashbacks when i saw that , that was the worst day of my footballin life that eduardo incident,even worse than barca’s offside goal, i hate the way they make the guys who commit these tackles out to be the victims,their alway such nice guys who wouldnt hurt a fly, imagine if ronaldo or cesc snapped someones leg, the press would destroy them
I have never seen the Eduardo injury clearly.Can’t stand it.I still cring e when i remember Alan Smith describing how he felt when he broke his ankle at Anfield.Oh and when he was in the ambulance Scousers were shaking it.What a fine bunch hey?
i wouldnt want their problems,but those guys are from an era where they were more like fans and they did things they shouldnt have done to get results , these days mercenries are in,their more injury prone due to being more fine tuned athletically, but 99% of them wouldnt be takin injections into the spine just so they can walk onto a football pitch like them old boys,all that playin while in pain went out the door when vieira left arsenal for some reason
liverpool fans are the worst bunch of pratts out their,but they feel like the biggest victims, they drone on about hillsborough which is a terrible disaster,but then their all rushin the turnstyles at every big match, at the emirates last season they were packing through the turnstyles and in europe people with tickets couldnt get into their final because they all rush the gates without tickets, then they talk hillsborough but then do this, shaking ambulances dont suprise me,im suprised the ambulance was left with wheels
yeah i have to say i knew an arsenal player would get injured badly last season but i expected it to be hleb, especially after john carem running the length of the pitch to cut him down from behind, the tv people just call that a strikers tackle,all that get n their faces,it means beat the shyt out of them, i dont wanna see no one get a broken leg but i feel that the press and the sam allardices talkin on sky and the to stop them playin you gotta get in their faces,all that caused the eduardo incident, ronaldo is lucky he hasnt really been hurt yet that geezer never misses a game
And since i live in Athens, i can tell you first hand how filthy they are.Took us a week to clear the city after the Ch.league final in 2007. The largest alcohol consumption the city has ever seen.And of course they beat up Italians for their tickets.
I think Viera left for the same reason that Henry left Wenger wnated to invest on youth.It’s very noble of him but i think in Viera’s case, it was a bit premature.There are still some pleyers who will play throught the pain.The image of Rio wanting to come back warmed my heart yesterday.But they are a dying breed.Ayway, got to go.See you AW.Be sure to come back.
costa’s have a good one mate
Great defender as much as it hurts to say it as a Gooner. You will need him at his very best because I’m sure our boys will be on top form on tuesday.
Ferdinand completes Vidic.
I was hoping for a Vidic Evans backline but alas, no luck.
(I’m not wishing injury on him, its good to hear he is OK).
Fergie will hopefully make it more clear today about Rio.Fabio limped out of the reserve match yesterday & probably will not be in the squad for boro.
i wasnt as worried as i should of been because when he went off before he was subbed off he was nearly going back on. . . he wanted to and from what i seen he was almost allowed to
Tevez leaning towards an exit says Sky Sports!
Tevez is a battler and his perfomance against Tottenham second half and Arsenal was admirable. The guy plays with his heart on his sleeve. Needs to score a few more goals but to keep a 4-3-3 system successful we need to sign this guy up.
Berbatov slows down the game which also has it’s advantages but we need to sign Tevez. The guy tries and it lost definately shows. I don’t like him talking to the media or saying he thinks the best solution from a personal point of view is to leave. I’d be happy to take the guy on loan for another 2 seasons if we could but the Premier League rules won’t allow it.
Is Tevez worth £26 million?
Who have we got at our disposal if he leaves?
Rooney, Berbatov, Macheda, Wellbeck, Manucho(next season)?
Rather have Tevez in the mix.
Alpha RS i also want him to stay.I love they guy.But at the moment he has to shut up.Making noises about this every 4 days is not going to help anyone’s cause.Is he finding it hard to find any club that will pay 26 million?Is that what it’s about?Is that why he is so eager to point out that he is leaving?I am sure Tev doesn’t want another 2 year loan deal and he wants a permanent contract with his next club.To your point though, our attack can’t stay like this next season. Benjema,now that Lyon are cracking, wants to leave.How typical.But i think that Barca have a better shot at him.I would take Eto but i think that SAF might have concerns about his attitude.The fact is that if Tevez leaves,there aren’t many good strikers out there anymore. For me the most important thing today is SAF’s press conference.That’s when we will really know what’s up with Rio.The tabloids as usual have made asses out of themselves with their contradicting reports.
I have fingers crossed for you rio!!!
Thanks God..
Fingers crossed he’s ok for the second leg. Come on United!
An interesting thread. Good to have an intelligent dialogue with non-united fans. Football should bring people together and it’s nice to see it’s still possible from time to time. It’s instructive to compare what Arsenal and Liverpool fans contribute to this site. The dippers are all bravado, abuse and general illiteracy, often showing woeful lack of understanding of football, whilst the Gooners are mainly thoughtful, knowledgeable and fair-minded. I guess that shows on the field too, in their teams’ contrasting styles of play. If United fail on Tuesday, at least it will be to a genuine footballing team, worthy opponents, as I think Fergie understands with his recent and welcome avoidance of the sillier forms of mind-games with Wenger.
@Costas
Karim Benzema of Lyon siad he wanted to go to Real Madrid.
One person pimping himself to Real Madrid is enough for me.
Another would make me wonder where the wisdom in his signature came from.
Tevez is a battler, a scrapper, hard working, never say die, chases of lost causes, does not give the ball away too often. I admire that. That kind of attitude I want from all United players. He has it in abundance.
All 4 English clubs and Barcelona are the main super powers in Europe at the moment. These are the kinds of clubs you don’t leave until you are asked to do so. Tevez wants to stay. I couldn’t stand the important goals and constant effort put in not be rewarded with a contract.
Ok I won’t talk about that anymore. Could have possibly signed Anelka before his move to Chelsea. Probably has a similar attitude to Eto’o though. How world class strikers are out there at the moment? I can’t name any!
Fantastic news on Rio, if true.
Keep saying it but Benzema? NO!!!!
Has Tevez come out and said he would like to play in Spain? Heard that this morning on some media source or other. Needs to keep his mouth shut at the minute if so.
Denton has a great point actually abouit the way the back four “play football” like you say Edwins touch is exemplary. Was thinking exactly the same thing the other night. Normally when a defender passes back to the keeper I am very anxious but not with Edwin, not all all.
Great news hopefully on Rio.
Keep saying it but Benzema? NO!!!!
Denton had an excellent point actually about how the back line “play football”. Like you say Edwins touch is exemplary. Normally when defenders pass it back I am anxious but not with Edwin, not at all.
Has Tevez come out this morning and said he would like to play in Spain, that is what one media source have reported? If so he needs to keep his mouth shut till the summer and see what happens.
Sorry, did not think my post had saved.
Fingers crossed for you rio
So who other than benzma would you recoment king eric? And why?
My Main problem with Tevez is he is small like rooney and for me not as good a combination as Benzma Rooney! –
Benzma is fast, good on the ball & good in the air!
What do you think?
Costas: “The fact is that if Tevez leaves,there aren’t many good strikers out there anymore.”
Costas, you and I get our “information” from the papers – how many players do we actually know about ? I remember back in the 1970s, when Bill Shankly was the main man at L’poo, he signed a kid called Kevin Keegan from a third division team for 35,000. No one knew who this kid was – Shankly did !
Scouting players – especially unknowns and/or kids – is not an exact science but look at the research which went into signing Federico Macheda – if Kiko proves to be as good as player as Kevin Keegan then in five years’ time you’ll be playing trivia games with Carlitos’ reputation and long-since forgotten which years he was at Old Trafford.
About Rio – he adds so much confidence to the back line. His game has evolved to the point that he’s almost like the Paolo Maldini of his generation. Maldini was the guy who “never left his feet” according to SAF. And there’s no higher praise than that. With Rio in the team, the ball retention is much better – I just love it when he runs forward and transitions into attack (did you know that he was a center forward until he went to the West Ham academy ?). His partnership with Vidic is based on the complementarity of their styles – steel/silk. If he’s in the first-team on Tuesday that will be a big, big downer for TheArse – here’s hoping !