Sir Alex Ferguson has ruled Ashley Young out of Sunday's trip
to Southampton but Jonny Evans' return should allow Michael Carrick to
move back into midfield.
Young picked up a knock to his
knee last weekend and was left out of England's squad for the upcoming
World Cup qualifiers as a result. The boss has also insisted Wayne
Rooney will only be out for four weeks despite press speculation he
could be missing for twice that length of time after picking up a
nasty-looking injury against Fulham.
"In terms of injuries, it was
nice of the FA to let everyone know Ashley Young is injured," said Sir
Alex. "He's out after the injury last week. It's not serious.
"Centre-back
is our main concern at the moment. Jonny Evans played on Wednesday
[against Tottenham at Under-21 level] and came through fine. He's the
strongest option we've got.
"Phil Jones has done some training but
isn't ready yet. Rio Ferdinand's in the same boat. At least we have one
centre-back available, which is an improvement. It allows us to put
Michael Carrick back in midfield.
"Wayne's out for four weeks.
It's nothing serious on the actual gash - it's a bad one but it was
treated carefully very quickly. We don't expect any complications from
it. I think he'll be back in four weeks. The fact it's a gash and not a
muscle or joint injury means he can do a lot of work in the gymnasium.
We're not too bad with that."
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