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According to the English media, the national team defender and club captain Gary Neville will not be able to play for about six weeks.
The 32-year-old player suffered an ankle injury ten days ago during a championship match against the team, and the initial prognosis that the veteran would not play for about three weeks did not come true.
The newspaper "The Times" states that G.Neville, who injured his ankle ligaments just 7 minutes after the start of the match against "Bolton" team following a collision with Gary Speed, may now be out for the entire month of April.
These are very bad news for "Man Utd" team, which is still fighting on three fronts (Premier League, UEFA Champions League, FA Cup) - as the end of the season approaches, the team needs its strongest players.
The defensive line of the "Red Devils", coached by Sir Alex Ferguson, is thinning out due to injuries. French legionnaire Mikael Silvestre will no longer appear on the field this season due to a dislocated shoulder, so G.Neville's absence from the team over the next few months will be a huge loss.
The long-time England national team defender, who will miss many important matches due to injury, aims to join the team on May 9th, when the "Man Utd" team will travel to London and clash with their fiercest rival in recent seasons, the "Chelsea" club.
The defender will miss 11 matches - the Football Association (FA) Cup semi-final against "Watford", two UEFA Champions League quarter-final matches against the "Roma" team from the Italian capital, and two semi-final matches if the Manchester team manages to advance to the next stage of the tournament.
This means that the other national defenders, Argentine Gabriel Heinze and Englishman Wes Brown, will play a key role for the "Man Utd" team, which is preparing to regain the Premier League trophy after a four-year break.
Meanwhile, both "Man Utd" forwards, Frenchman Louis Saha and veteran from Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, are finishing their injury recoveries and should play in Saturday's match against "Blackburn."
