Manchester united have been left with a headache from a double injury blow to defender Rio Ferdinand and midfielder Darren Fletcher ahead of Sunday’s clash at Stamford Bridge.It has emerged that
Ferdinand’s continued absence is actually due to his long- standing back problem, rather than a calf injury claimed by United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.Also
Darren Fletcher, may be out of the
Chelsea game as he needs an operation to repair an ongoing ankle problem.The full extent of Ferdinand back problem was revealed by
United defender
Wes Brown, who suggested the United Centre back could be out for a considerable amount of time. Brown said: "Rio's been injured for a very long time and he's been getting a lot of pain in his back," said Brown."I'm not sure how many months it's been going on but he's come to the stage where he's sorting it out now.He added: "When he comes back I'm sure he'll be a lot stronger. But if you're not fully fit and you try to play it's very hard.United also have injury concerns over
Dimitar Berbatov,
Ryan Giggs and
Nemanja Vidic ahead of their top-of-the-table clash with Chelsea.
