Vidic suffers injury blow
Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Nemanja Vidic will be sidelined for several weeks.
Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Nemanja Vidic will be sidelined for several weeks with a dislocated shoulder.The Manchester United defender suffered the injury as he fell in the Blackburn area during Saturday's 4-1 victory at Old Trafford.
He immediately signalled he was in trouble and had to be stretchered off to be replaced by John O'Shea.
And Ferguson told Sky Sports: "It could be four weeks.
"Hopefully it's only four weeks, but we'll get a proper prognosis tomorrow (Sunday)."
Gary Neville and Mikael Silvestre are also missing through injury but Ferguson has confidence in fringe players like Wes Brown, who played the full 90 minutes against Blackburn.
"It's difficult, but I said a few weeks ago the most important players here were the substitutes, and they've now got to prove themselves," he said.
"Wes Brown's settled in with Rio at the back and they've played many times together. Wes has got great experience so we're very lucky.
"There's been blows to Gary, Mikael and now Nemanja, but the players have shown their resolve.
"All we'll have to do is maybe bring young (Craig) Cathcart, the captain of our youth team, into the equation because he's an excellent young defender."
