14/08/2011 15:30, Report by Adam Marshall
Rafael out for 10 weeks
Rafael will be out of action for around 10 weeks after dislocating his shoulder in training ahead of the trip to West Brom.The Brazilian full-back suffered the painful injury at Carrington and will be out for some time with Chris Smalling taking on the right-back role at The Hawthorns.
Rafael's twin Fabio is another option in the position so Sir Alex still has plenty of cover, even though the absence of the highly-rated 21-year-old is a blow for the champions.
Patrice Evra, Javier Hernandez, Antonio Valencia and Michael Owen also missed the opening game due to injury.
Hernandez is unlikely to resume training for another 10 days, the manager revealed on Friday afternoon.
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Mixed news on injury frontThere was good and bad news on the injury front for United when Sir Alex addressed the press ahead of Monday's clash with Tottenham Hotspur.
On the positive front Patrice Evra is fit again, while both Chicharito and Antonio Valencia are "doing well" in training and Darren Fletcher came through his outing for the Reserves this week unscathed.Rio Ferdinand is also on the mend from the hamstring strain picked up at West Brom last weekend.
The England defender was expected to be out for around six weeks, but Sir Alex has revealed he could be back to face Arsenal at the end of this month.Unfortunately though he will not be linking up with his regular defensive partner
Nemanja Vidic for a while with the skipper likely to be out action for another month or so."Last week we thought Rio's hamstring would have him out for six weeks and with Vidic, we thought it was just a nerve problem. That's reversed itself," Sir Alex told reporters on Friday.
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Vidic has got a calf muscle injury, which means he'll be four to five weeks. It's longer than we thought. Meanwhile, Rio's injury isn't as bad as we thought and he could be ready for our game against Arsenal. I don't think he'll be ready for Monday. It's amazing how circumstances can change in a few days.
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Rafael has had an operation [on his shoulder] this week and will be out for 10 weeks," added the boss. "It was a freak injury really. He won a tackle [in training], stumbled and fell on his shoulder.
"Patrice is back which gives us experience. Chicharito is back training and doing very well as is Valencia who will play in the Reserves next week. When will we bring Chicharito back? It depends. From a medical point of view, considering he had a concussion before, we have to decide when is the best time to bring him back.
"Darren Fletcher had a game the other night, so he's back and doing well. He'll play maybe one more game in the Reserves and then should be ready for the first team. So there are a few there, but they're all on the mend, we hope."
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