Sir Alex Ferguson is convinced that Rio Ferdinand will not be sent for a long period on the sidelines after the identification of the origin of his injury problems at the moment.
Ferdinand has missed the last two weeks of the project with Manchester United after picking up what is considered a calf injury.
Yet it is now confirmed the injury in connection with an earlier problem with his lower back.
The England defender is not fit for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership encounter with Everton at Old Trafford, but the 31-year-old is back in action soon.
“The weather is connected,” said Ferguson. “We can not put a timetable but this is not a situation where we say it will months, the d a few weeks, or a few weeks, but it is.”
Besides Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic Ferguson is relieved available after missing the defeat to Chelsea just before the international break with a calf problem.
However, Gary Neville is suspended and John O’Shea are almost certainly going to miss a thigh injury picked up in the controversial exit of the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup in France on Wednesday.
Northern Ireland international Jonny Evans is a doubt, allowing Ferguson to a number of “keys” to the defense.
