Injured Vidic sidelined for rest of season

"He's out for the season. He sees a specialist on Monday, also to map out the progress of when he has the operation. It won't be immediate because we have got to let the swelling come down first of all," Ferguson told a news conference.

The Serbia centre-back was carried off on a stretcher during the 2-1 loss in Switzerland on Wednesday which sent United out of the Champions League at the group stage.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.