Evra ruled out for up to four weeks

France left back Evra could be out for up to four weeks after injuring his foot during Sunday's 3-0 defeat of Chelsea. Central defender Ferdinand needs another week to recover from a back injury that kept him out of the last five matches.

"Evra is out for three weeks minimum, maybe four weeks," manager Alex Ferguson told Sky Sports News on Tuesday.

"He has turned the ligament in his foot and we need to get the swelling down which will take eight days or so."

"There is no major problem and he should be back for the Tottenham FA Cup tie (on January 24)," he said.