United Updates

Just another nasty challenge from Kevin Davies, that earned him his 100th booking in the premier league. This challenge came after he got away with breaking Tom Cleverly's leg. Cleverly will be out for up to a month!

Manchester United's Tom Cleverly faces up to a month on the sidelines after suffering ligament damage in his foot during Saturday's 0-5 win over Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium. The young midfielder was the victim of one of many bruising tackles by Kevin Davies, who was not even cautioned for the challenge. "It was unfortunate," Ferguson told BBC Sport of the injury. "We expected it, it was a bad tackle." Fergie may consider himself lucky though that he left the Reebok with only one player injured, after both Jonny Evans and Patrice Evra were on the end of bad challenges. "Jonny Evans got a knee in the hip and it's a bit tender, Patrice Evra got a knock on the knee," added the Scot.

Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic will be out for "four to five" weeks with his calf injury, manager Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed. When Vidic, 29, was injured against West Brom on Sunday it was originally thought he would be out for two weeks. "It is difficult to say with calves but it is longer than we thought," admitted Ferguson. But there was better news about Rio Ferdinand, who could return from a hamstring injury by the end of August.

Manchester United have suffered a triple injury blow with defenders Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Rafael da Silva set for spells on the sidelines. Ferdinand will be out for six weeks after being substituted with a hamstring injury during Sunday's 2-1 Premier League win over West Brom. Vidic, who like Ferdinand was replaced during the game, is set to miss the next fortnight with a calf injury. Rafael faces about 10 weeks out with a dislocated shoulder. He appeared as a substitute in the 3-2 Community Shield win over Manchester City last weekend but sustained the injury in training. Ferdinand's problem means he will be sidelined until the start of October and will miss England's upcoming Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Wales.